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| The process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population. |
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| The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. |
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| A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. |
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| The__________improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives. |
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| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) |
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| A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero. |
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| A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. |
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| The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force. |
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| A complete enumeration of a population. |
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| Was one of the first to argue that the world's rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food supplies. |
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| Contemporary geographers and other analysts are taking another look at Malthus's theory, because of the unprecendented rate of natural increase in LDCs. |
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| Economic Development Alternative |
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| Is one approach to lowering birth rates and emphasizes the importance of proving local economic conditions. |
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| Distribution of Contraceptives |
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| Is the other approach to lowering birth rates and emphasizes the importance of rapidly diffusing modern contraceptive methods. |
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