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| the growth rate of a population |
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| when birth rate and death rate are equal |
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| ratio of live births in an area to its population, expressed per 1000 people/year |
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| number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births |
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| number of years a person is expected to live based on statistics |
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| examples of negative population growth |
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| uneven pattern of human settlement |
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| average number of people living on a square mile or square km of land |
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| movement of people from place to place |
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| growth of city populations, caused by jobs and prosperity |
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| people who flee to another country to escape persecution/disaster |
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| number of deaths of children ages 1-5 per 1,000 children |
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| Periods of rapid population growth |
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| Neolithic Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Medical Revolution |
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| Examples of population devastation |
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Huang He River--Great Flood
India famine
China famine
Influenza epidemic
Bubonic plague
Bangladeshi cyclone |
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| Deomgraphic transition model: Stage 1 |
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High Stationary
Birth rate=High
Death rate=High
Natural Increase-stable, slow
Examples-remote groups
Time period-before Neolithic Revolution |
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| Deomgraphic transition model: Stage 2 |
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Early Expanding
Birth rate=high
Death rate=rapidly falling
Natural Increase-rapid
Examples-India, Egypt, Kenya
Time Period= during Industrial Revoluation |
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| Deomgraphic transition model: Stage 3 |
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Late Expanding
Birth rate=Falling rapidly
Death rate=falling slowly
Natural Increase-slower
Examples-China, Brazil
Time period-modern medicine |
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| Deomgraphic transition model: Stage 4 |
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Low Stationary
Birth rate=low
Death rate=low
Natural Increase-approaching zero population growth
Examples-US, Netherlands, UK |
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| Deomgraphic transition model: Stage 5 |
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Declining
Birth rate=very low
Death rate=low
Natural Increase=negative population growth
Examples-Germany, Russia, Italy, Japan |
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| maximum number of people who can be supported at a sustainable level in an area |
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| Earth's long-term carrying capacity |
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