A.P. Human Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Demography | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
| Ecumene | , The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement. |
| Dry Lands | can be useful to people even if not good for crops. |
| Wet Lands | can be inhospibale fro human life and isn't suitable for farming. |
| Cold Land | Human life can sustain their but is too cold for crops |
| Arithmetic Density | The total number of people divided by the total land area. |
| Physiological Density | The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture. |
| Agricultural Density | The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture. |
| Crude Birth Rate | the number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population |
| Crude Death Rate | The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people. |
| Natural Rate of Increase | % growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate |
| Doubling Time | The time required for a population to double in size. |
| Total Fertility Rate | The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years |
| Infant Mortality Rate | The percentage of children who die before their first birthday within a particular area or country. |
| Life Expectancy | The average age that a newborn can expect to attain in a particular time and place |
| Demography | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
| Demographic Transition | Has 5 steps. Stage 1 is low growth, Stage 2 is High Growth, Stage 3 is Moderate Growth, and Stage 4 is Low Growth and Stage 5 although not officially a stage is a possible stage that includes zero or negative population group. This is important because this is the way our country and others countries around the world are transformed from a less developed country to a more developed country. |
| Stage 1 | NIR close to zero; food depend mostly on hunting and gathering; |
| Stage 2 | sudden burst of population; CDR plummets while CBR stays the same, making NIR high: industrial revolution |
| Stage 3 | Moderate growth, CBR drops, CDR falls less serverly, People choose to have fewer children, medical revolution, more cities than agriculture. |
| Stage 4 | Low growth NIR approaches zero, less kids more women working, little to no increase. |
| Sex Ratio | the number of males per 100 females in the population |
| Dependency Ratios | The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compares to the number of people active in the labor force. |
| Thomas Malthus | an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834) |
| Neo-malthusians | a belief that the world is characterized by scarcity and competition in which too many people fight for few resources. Pessimists who warn of the global ecopolitical dangers of uncontrolled population growth |
| Malthusis Critics | geographers say his beliefs are unlealistic; they are based on the worlds resources being fixed rather than expanding. |
| Economic Devlopment | Approach of lower birth rates if more women attend school and remain in school they'll gain employment skills and gain more economic control and limit the amount of children they have. |
| Epidemiologic transition | Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition. |
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