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APES Chapter 7
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11th Grade
09/30/2009

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Malthus
Definition
Wrote "An Essay on the Principal of Populations". Believed human population is exponential, food is steady and that the human population will eventually outgrow its food source. Did not account for technology.
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Marx
Definition
Population growth is as a result of poverty
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I=PAT
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Environmental Impacts= (Population)(Affluence)(Technology)
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Demography
Definition
Statistics of people (births, deaths, where, total populartion size)
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Total Growth Rate
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Immigration + Emigration
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Dependency Ratio
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Number of nonworking compared to number of working in a population
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Pronatalist Pressures
Definition
Factors that increase desire to have babies
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Birth Dearth
Definition
Birth rates below replacement rates
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Demographic Transition
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High birth and death rates to low birth and death rates
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Social Justice
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A fair share of social benefits for everyone
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Family Planning
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Determine the number and spacing of children
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