Ap Human Geography Chp 2 Vocab – Flashcards

a group of people that are the same age

the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

the time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

Concerned with limiting population growth

An attitude or policy that encourages childbearing

the total number of people divided by the total land area

a complete enumeration of a population

the deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation by any of various drugs, techniques, or devices; birth control

the total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society

the total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society

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

the scientific study of population characteristics

the number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64, compared to the number of people active in labor force

the number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase

the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement

a portion of earth's surface that cannot be occupied be permanent human settlement

distinctive cases of death in each stage of the demographic transition

a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods

the total number of deaths in a year among the infants under one year old for year 1000 live births in a society

the average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live

medical technology invented in europe and north america that is diffused to the poorer countries of latin america, asia, and afica. 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

the percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate

the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

the number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture

a cluster of people living in the same area

a bar graph representing the distribution of population by age in sex

The fertility rate needed to ensure that the population remains constant as each set of parents is replaced by its offspring.

the number of males per 100 females in the population

the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

a decline of the total fertility rate to the points where the natural increase rate equals 0