APHuG DYRT 3 Textbook Definitions

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering vocabulary for overpopulation, density, and demographic shifts based on APHuG textbook definitions.

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 is __________ .

overpopulation

A __________ is a complete enumeration of a population.

census

The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement is called the __________ .

ecumene

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

physiological

________ _____ is the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.

agricultural density

The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase, is the __________ .

doubling time

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

natural increase rate (nir)

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

life expectancy

The __________ is the total number of live births in a year for every $1,000$ people alive in the society.

crude birth rate (cbr)

The __________ is the total number of deaths in a year for every $1,000$ people alive in the society.

crude death rate (cdr)

The scientific study of population characteristics is __________ .

demography

The __________ is the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

total fertility rate (tfr)

__________ refers to a decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.

zero population growth (zpg)

The __________ is the process of change in a society's population from high birth and death rates and low NIR to low birth and death rates, low NIR, and a higher total population.

demographic transition

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods is the __________ .

industrial revolution

The __________ refers to medical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to poorer countries, enabling people to live longer and healthier lives.

medical revolution

________ is total number of objects in an area.

artithmetic density