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Four physical factors of why people choose to live in certain places and not others
Climate
Landforms
Bodies of water
Natural resource
Four human factors of why people choose to live in certain places and not others
Economic factors
Political factors
Cultural factors
Historical factors
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.
What are the two most populated countries?
China and India
Agriculture destiny
The number of farmers per arable land.
What are the four most populated regions in the world?
Asia
Africa
Europe
Latin America
population density
Number of individuals per unit area
population distribution
Description of locations on Earth's surface where populations live
Which has a higher Arithmetic density? United States or Singapore?
Singapore
Which has a higher Agricultural density? United States or Singapore?
United States, for there is more arable land.
Which has a higher Physiologic density? United States or Singapore?
United States
carrying capacity
Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support.
When a population spreads out what concerns does it create left heavily populated prime city
lack of service and good for people, less schools and healthcare. Pollution, overpopulation, lack of jobs
examples of exceeding carrying capacity
arable land is damaged, people start dying, and the environment will get destroyed.
Population Pyramid
A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.
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.
Natural Increase Rate (NIR)
The percentage by which a population grows in a year
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
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.
doubling time
The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
Interregional Migration
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
Intraregional Migration
Permanent movement within one region of a country.
Demographic Transition Model
A sequence of demographic changes in which a country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time.
stage 1 of demographic transition
Low growth; Very high birth and death rates = 0 NIR; Hunting & gathering, agricultural societies.
stage 2 of demographic transition
High growth; Rapidly declining death rates and very high birth rates = very high NIR; Industrial societies or societies that benefit from the medical revolution.
stage 3 of demographic transition
Decreasing growth; Birth rates rapidly decline; death rates continue to decline; NIR moderates; Highly urban societies.
stage 4 of demographic transition
Low Growth: A Modern Industrialized Country with a low CBR, low CDR, and virtually no NIR
stage 5 demographic transition
population decline, very low CBR, increasing CDR, negative NIR...Japan is one of the first places to reach stage 5, its population is getting smaller, the poulation is getting older so that is why CDRs are going up, this means a shortage of workers to support the aging population
Sustainability
The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained
pronatalist policies
government policies that encourage child birth such as tax breaks and flexible work hours
antinatalist policies
seek to reduce birth rates and strongly encourage or require that women limit their fertility. Ex. China only allows 1 child to be birthed.
cultural shift
change in society's dominant views, morals, and behaviors
GDP per capita
a measure of a country's economic output that accounts for its number of people
Dependancy Ratio
The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compares to the number of people active in the labor force.
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