AP Human Geography – Unit 2 – Flashcards
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What is the difference between arithmetic population density and physiologic population density? |
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Arithmetic population density is the amount of people per unit area of all land, while physiologic is the amout of people per unit are of agriculturally productive land. |
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What is the difference between linear and exponential growth? |
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Linear growth rates when shown on graphs are straight lines and exponential rates curve. |
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population composition |
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The distribution within a group of people of specified individual attributes such as sex, age, marital status, education, etc. |
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age-sex pyramid |
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a chart in which it is shown how many people there are in one country/area according to age and sex. aka population pyramid |
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stationary population level |
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a population containing a basically even distribution of age groups |
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population concentrations |
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areas of land where people are most dense |
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crude birth or death rate |
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birth or death rate that doesn't factor in other rates |
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population structure |
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how a country or place is made up of people of different ages, and of males and females |
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megalopolis |
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huge urban agglomerations |
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arable land |
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land that can be farmed on |
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population policies |
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policies in governments that control immigration |
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density |
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the amount of people per unit area |
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doubling time |
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the amount of time it takes for an area to double its population |
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natural increase |
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the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population |
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total fertility rate |
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the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years |
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distribution |
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the locations on earth's surface where individuals or groups live |
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migration |
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the movement of objects from one area to another |
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infant mortality rate |
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the number of deaths of babies under one year of age per 1000 live births |
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demography |
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the study of population |
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population explosion |
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the unchecked growth in human population resulting from a decrease in infant mortality and an increase in longevity |
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demographic transition |
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used to represent the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system |