Ap Human Geography Vocab 2 – Flashcards
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Agricultural Density
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The number of farmers to suitable agricultual land
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Arithmetic Denisty
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Total number of people divided by the total land area
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Census
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A complete analysis of a population
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Census
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A complete analysis of a population
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Crude Birth Rate
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(CBR) Total number of live births to 1000 people
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Crude Death Rate
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(CDR) Total number of deaths to 1000 people
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Demographic Transition
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How the society switches from CBR to CDR and vice versa
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Demography
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The study of population characteristics
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Dependency Ratio
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The number of people under 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people in the labor force
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Doubling Time
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The number of years needed to double the population
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Ecumenic
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The portion of the Earthss surface occupied by permanent human settlement
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Epidemiologic Transition
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Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the Demographic Transition
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Epidemiology
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The branch of medical science concerned with the incidents, distribution, and control of diseases
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Industrial Revolution
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A series of improvements in industrial technology
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Infant Mortality Rate
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(IMR) The number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 for every 1000 live births
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Life Expectancy
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The average number of years an individual is expected to live
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Medical Revolution
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Medical technology invented in Europe ; NA that is distributed in poor countries
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Natural Increase Rate
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(NIR) The percentage of growth in a population
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Overpopulation
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A situation where the number of people exceed space per person
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Pandemic
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Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high portion of the land
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Physiological Density
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The number of people per unit of area of arable land
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Population Pyramid
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A bar graph that shows population distribution of both sexes
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Sex Ratio
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The number of males per 10 females
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Total Fertility Rate
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(TFR) Average number of children a women will have
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Zero Population Growth
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(ZPG) A decline of the total fertility rate to the point NIR equals zero
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Demand
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The quantity of something that consumers are willing and able to buy
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Developed Countries
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A country that has progressed relativity far along a continuum of development
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Developing Countries
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A country that is relatively early stage in the progress of economics development
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Development
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A process of improve to in a society
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Gender Inequality Index
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A measure of gender inequality
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GDP
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The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normally one year)
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GNI
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The value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that leaves and enters the country.
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HDI
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An indicator of the level of development for each country, constructed by the United Nations, that is based on income, literacy, education, and life expectancy.
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Literacy Rate
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The amount of people who can read or write in a country/community
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Supply
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The quantity of something that producers have available for sale
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Uneven Development
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The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.
