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| population growth in areas, mostly LDCs, that are ill-prepared to handle growing numbers of people, leading to a pop crisis for the world |
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| study of population characteristics |
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| refers to the number of of births per 1,000 people in a population. |
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| is the number of deaths per 1,000 people. |
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| defined as the lack of necessary resources to meet the needs of the population of a defined area. |
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| the ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people. |
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| an area where humans can live |
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| the five main areas of population density in the world. |
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| is simply growth that occurs evenly across each unit of time. |
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| looks at growth as a percentage of the total population |
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| a viewpoint that is theoretical, not necessarily a demographic fact. |
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| the number of babies per 1,000 that die before their first birthday |
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| the number of babies that an average woman delivers during her childbearing years |
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| began in the mid-1700s in Europe, spurred many European countries to adopt a more mechanized system of farming, eventually allowing them to develop a stage 3 industrial economy. |
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| when the crude birth rate equals the crude death rate |
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| a tool that geographers and demographers use. chart populations on a graph. |
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| the number of males compared to females in a population |
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| use demographic data to determine future population |
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