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Agricultural Density

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

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Sex ratio

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the ratio of men to women

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Major Population Clusters -- Europe

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600 million people: 50 countries mostly clustered in Western Europe in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France

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Infant Mortality Rate

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

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Population Pyramid

Front

A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex

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Population Composition

Front

Structure of population in terms of age, sex and other properties such as marital status and education

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Demographic Transition

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the process of change in a society's population as a combination of medical advances and economic development, affecting a population's desire and ability to control its own birth and death rates

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Standard of living

Front

Goods and services and their distribution within a population

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Medical Revolution

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medical technology from Europe and North America that was used to eliminate many diseases in the developing world

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Major Population Clusters -- East Asia

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1/4 global population: East China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

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Life Expectancy

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The average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current social, medical, and economic conditions.

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Demography

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the scientific study of population characteristics

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Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

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The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate (NIR=CBR-CDR)

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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 workforce

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Sustainability

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the level of development that can be maintained without depleting resources

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Doubling Time

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the number of years it takes for an area's population to double

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arithmetic density

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The total number of people divided by the total land area

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Census

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A complete enumeration of a population

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Epidemiological transition

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The a distinctive cause of death in each stage of the demographic transition. Explains how countries' population change.

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Population Distribution

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Description of locations on Earth's surface where populations live

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Pandemic

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Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

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Population Density

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A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land

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Epidemiology

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The branch of medical science that is concerned with identifying, fighting, and preventing disease.

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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

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The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society

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Megalopolis

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Term used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world.

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agricultural revolution

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the development of farming

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Major Population Clusters -- South Asia

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1/4 of global population: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

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Dr. John Snow

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(1813-1858) English physician who used hand-drawn data layering on maps of London to identify and treat a cholera epidemic

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Thomas Malthus

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(1766-1834) An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in food production, which would lead to widespread famine and disease.

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

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The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.

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Sterilization

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any process that eliminates a person's ability to produce children

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Ecumene

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

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Crude Death Rate (CDR)

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The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people alive in a society

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Zero population growth (ZPG)

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A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.

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Major Population Clusters -- Southeast Asia

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600 million people: Indonesia, Philippines, and the river deltas of the Indochina peninsula

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Physiological Density

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

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Industrial Revolution

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a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and drastically altered society

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Overpopulation

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

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One Child Policy

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Chinese policy used to control population growth which began in the 1980's and restricted families to having only one child.

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Family Planning

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The practice of controlling the number and frequency of children conceived usually through the use of contraception or voluntary sterilization.

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