Aphug unit 2 red vocab

agricultural density

number of farmers per unit of arable land

antinalist policy

policies designed to curtail population growth by reducing fertility rates

androcentrism

phenomenon in which a culture demonstrates a marked preference for males

arable land

land suitable for cultivation

Arithmetic density

average number of people per unit of land area (usually per square mile or kilometer)

Carrying capacity

number of people a particular environment or earth as a whole can support on a suitable basis

Child mortality

deaths of kids under 5 years old

crude birth rate

Average # of births per 1000 people

crude death rate

average # of deaths per 1000 people

dependancy ratio

The # of dependents in a population that every 100 working age people have to support (15-64)

doubling time

the # of years it takes for a population to double in size

Ecumene

Portion of earths surface with permanent human settlement

gender roles

behaviors associated with a particular gender based on cultural norms

Infant mortality rate

measure of # of infants that die within the first year of life per 1000 births

megacity

a city with more than 10 million residents

metacity

a city with more than 20 million residents

Physiological density

average # of people per 1000 unit area of arable land

Population clusters

Heavily populated areas that illustrate the unevenness in global population distribution

Population composition

makeup of the population by age and gender, as well as by ethnic, race, income, and education background

population density

averagr number of people per unit of land area

Population distribution

pattern in which humans are spread out on earth

Protalinist policy

policies designed to boost fertility rates and population growth

Rate of natural increase

Difference between the # of births and deaths in a year, when expressed as a percentage of total population

replacement level fertility

Average # of children needed to replace both parents and stabilize population over time

sex ratio

ratio of the # of men to women in a population

total fertility rate

the number of births in reproductive period

zero population growth

when a country has the same number of births and deaths in a given year, its rate of natural increase (RNI) is zero