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Replacement rate, the number of births needed to keep a population at a stable level without immigration, requires a total fertility of

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2.1

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The number of European countries at or above replacement level is:

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zero

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Countries with aging populations attempt to stimulate economic growth to lessen the effect of rising medical and retirement costs by

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promoting immigration

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Not all countries with aging populations resort to immigration to offset economic problems. An example is:

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Japan

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The arithmetic density of population for a country is determined by dividing the total

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population by total area

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The problem with using arithmetic population density to investigate the population pattern of a country is that such a density figure does not take into consideration

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internal clustering of people within the country

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It has been estimated that 98 percent of Egypt's population occupies only ___ percent of the country's total area.

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3%

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The number of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land is the

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physiologic density

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Switzerland's physiologic density is ____ as/than its arithmetic density.

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10 times greater than

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The world's three largest population concentrations are all found on the same landmass, which is:

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Eurasia

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Associated with the East Asian population cluster are ribbon-like extensions of dense population penetrating the interior. These extensions represent

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Basins and low lands of China's major rivers

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About ___ percent of the world's population is concentrated in China.

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25%

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In India the greatest concentration of population is found on the

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Plain of the ganges river

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Over large parts of Bangladesh the rural population density is between _____ people per square mile.

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3000 and 5000

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Terrain and environment appear to have a different association with the population cluster of Europe that extends from the British Isles into Russia than in Asia. This means that in Europe, terrain and environment play a

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lesser role than in asia

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The European population axis is directly related to the

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Orientation of Europe's coalfields

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In comparison to Asia, the percentage of the population living in urban places in Germany and the United Kingdom is

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greater than Asia

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After the three Eurasian population clusters, the next-ranking cluster comprises the east-central United States and southeastern Canada. This cluster is not nearly as large as the smallest of the Eurasian clusters. It is, in fact only ___ the size.

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one quarter

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The major focus of North America's population is

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megalopolis

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In 1789, a British economist named Thomas Malthus published an essay in which he claimed that while population increased at what he called a geometric rate, the means of subsistence grew only at

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an arithmetic (linear) rate

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Food production, contrary to the predictions of Malthus, has grown exponentially because of a number of factors. Which one of the following is not one of these factors?

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increase in # of farmers in Britain

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Births and _______ add to the population growth of a particular country

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immigration

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Today, world population doubling time is

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decreasing

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At the present rate of births and deaths in the world, we are adding about _____ million inhabitants every year.

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80

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In 2002, the world population grew at a rate of just over ___ percent.

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1.4

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The growth rate of population of the Southern Cone region of South America (i.e., Chile, Uruguay, Argentina) is ______ the world average of 1.4 percent

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less than

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Most of the countries with low population growth rates are also among the wealthiest. An exception to this would be

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Russia

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In the 1970's, the government of India used this method to reduce the population growth rates in certain areas of the country

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forced sterilization of males

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The statistics that report the number of deaths per thousand people in a given year is called

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crude death rate

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Demographically, Great Britain experienced a ___________________ in the period from the late 1800s through WWII.

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population explosion

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Low population growth resulting from high CBR and very high CDR is characteristic of stage ____ of the demographic transition

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one

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Before 1750 death rates in Europe probably averaged 35 per 1000, but by 1850 the death rate was about 16 per 1000. This meant that in 1750 the doubling time was on the order of 150 years but by 1850 it was only ______ years

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35

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The population of a country, city or other region is a function of three variables. Which is not one of the variables?

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ethnic background

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In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of

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industrialization

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A population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top is indicative of

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developing countries

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A developed country that has reached a stage where the population is most stable will develop a population pyramid that is __________

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rectangular shaped

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Highest rates of infant mortality are found in this region.

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Central Africa

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The lowest infant mortality rate among countries with large populations is in

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Japan

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Sub-Saharan Africa's high mortality rate is strongly influenced by

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AIDS

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Population policies which favor the promotion of birth control among certain groups in the population (ethnic, religious, or socio-economic groups) are referred to as

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restrictive population

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T/F In the 1980s, Kenya experienced one of the highest total fertility rates of 8.1 children born to women in childbearing years.

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true

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T/F The majority of Egypt's 70 million inhabitants are distributed evenly around the country

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false

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T/F Census records are not accurate for all countries

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true

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T/F More than half of the world's entire population is concentrated in East Asia

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false

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T/F In all demographic cases, the higher the birth rate, the shorter the doubling time

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true

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T/F Some countries have declining populations, which is negative population growth rates

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true

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T/F A population with both a high fertility and a high mortality rate have a broad-based population pyramid

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true

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T/F During the demographic transition, the drop in birth and death rates is equal

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true

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T/F Women tend to outlive men and in Russia their life expectancy may be 14 years longer than the male population

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true

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T/F Low life expectancy in Africa can be partly attributed to the ravages of AIDS

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true

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The scientific study of population characteristics

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demography

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

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doubling time

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A graph that can show a country's distinctive population structure

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population pyramid

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The number of people who are too young or too old to work, compared to the number of people in their productive years

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dependency ratio

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The number of males per 100 females in the population

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sex ratio

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What stage has very high birth and death rates produce virtually no long-term natural increase

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one

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What stage has Rapidly declining death rates and very high birth rates produce very high natural increase

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two

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What stage do Birth rates rapidly decline, death rates continue to decline, and natural increase rates begin to moderate

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three

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What stage has Very low birth and death rates produce virtually no long-term natural increase and possibly a decrease

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four

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What kind of base does stage 1 have?

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wide

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What kind of tip does stage 1 have?

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narrow

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What kind of shape does stage 2 have?

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triangle

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What kind of shape does stage 4 have?

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more uniform

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What is health closely related to?

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environment and location

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When an outbreak of a particular disease occurs its source and diffusion are studied by specialists in what?

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medical geography

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_________ of all diseases are infectious.

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65%

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What is the disease called when it is carried by insects?

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vectored

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What is the disease called when it gets passed from human to human?

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nonvectored

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Who gets affected by chronic and genetic diseases?

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middle and old age

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What is stage 1?

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low growth

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What is stage 2?

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increase growth

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What is stage 3?

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growth explosion

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What is stage 4?

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decrease growth

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Births- deaths=

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natural increase

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Ages of childbearing?

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15-49

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Level @ which a national population ceases to grow is called ______________.

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stationary population level

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________________ ____________________ _______________ encourage large families and raise the rate of natural increase.

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expansive, population, policies

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_______________ ___________________ ________________ are designed to favor 1 racial or cultural sector of the population over others

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eugenic, population, policies

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A countries total population relative to land size

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population density

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What assumes an even distribution of population to the land?

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population density

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# of people/land=

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population density

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The # of people per unit area of arable land

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physiologic population density

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What is more accurate than population density?

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physiologic population density

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Descriptions of locations on Earth's surface where individuals or groups (depending on scale) live?

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population description

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Federal government funding depends on population data

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census

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United Nations, World bank, and population reference bureau collect data on_____________ ___________.

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world, population

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Almost 25% of world's population is located here

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east asia

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Population concentrated in _________________, _____________, China

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Korea, Japan

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Over ___________ billion people in China

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1.3

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Physical geography ______________ separate population clusters

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barriers

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In _____________ ________________, Himalaya Mountains; Indus River Valley are physical geography barriers

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south, asia

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__________ __________ has a confined region with rapidly growing population

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south, asia

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Cluster of people living in big cities

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megalopolis

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____________ accounts for more than 20% of the US population

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megalopolis

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______________ _________________ predict the rise and fall of a population.

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population, pyramids

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Measure showing the # of dependents aged 0-14 and over the age 65, to the total population aged 15-64

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dependency ratio

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When population momentum is below replacement level the population__________________________-.

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decreases

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