AP Human Geography Unit 2 Vocabulary
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Agricultural density
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture. |
Arithmetic density
The total number of people divided by the total land area.
Census
A complete account of a population.
Crude Birth Rate (CBR
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. |
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
Demography
The scientific study of population characteristics
Dependency Ratio
The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
Doubling Time
The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
Ecumene
The portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
Epidemiologic Transition
Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.
Infant Mortality Rate
The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in a society.
Life Expectancy
The average number of years an individual can be expected to live
Natural Increase Rate (NIR)
The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
Overpopulation
The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living. |
Pandemic
Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. |
Physiological density
The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture. |
Population Pyramid
A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. |
Sex ratio
The number of males per 100 females in the population.
Total Fertility Rate
The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years. |
Zero Population Growth
A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero. |