Untitled Flashcards Set
The "Demographic Trap"...
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Occurs when economic development does not increase as populations grow.
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Is where decreasing standards of living produces higher fertility rates, which operates to maintain low standards of living.
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Is characterized by high birth rates and low death rates.
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Is characterized by rising standards of living causing increased birth rates.
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Demographic data...
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Is imporant to make predictions.
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Is important for planning.
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Is easily collected.
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Is only as useful as its quality.
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Human population age distributions...
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Provide a picture of the proportions of age classes in a population.
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Show sex ratios in a population.
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Are used to predict population growth.
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Have limited use becuase the data are hard to collect.
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Urbanization...
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Is an indicator of increasing population density.
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Contributes to dissociation of city populations from natural systems.
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Is decreasing throughout the world.
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May contribute to the loss of farmland and natural areas.
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The status of women in a culture and population...
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Make little difference since women often possess much central power in a population.
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Increases as their eduaction level increases
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Is the most important determinant of overall quality of life in that population.
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Is often degraded due to cultural traditions.
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The "Rule of 70"...
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States that 70 percent of the population will be reproducing at any one time.
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Calculates human population death rates.
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Is a ratio based on the population growth rate.
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Calculates human population doubling time.
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Explain why "carrying capacity" for human populations cannot be calculated like it is for non-human populations (using at least one (1) example).
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Carrying capacity is determined by four factors: housing space, environmental circumstances, food availability, and water supply. Human carrying capacity is influenced by human choices on the economy, environment, culture, and demographics in addition to natural constraints. Human carrying capacity is hence dynamic and unpredictable. Modern medicine and energy usage are two examples.
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The intrinsic population growth rate is calculated by subtracting the number of births from the number of deaths in the populations for a specific period of time.
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The greatest environmental problem is [ans1].
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overpopulation
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Malthusians believe that...
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There is not a population problem.
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War and disease impact the poor more than the wealthy.
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There is a population problem.
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Population size increases faster than food supply.
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Quality of life...
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Generally decreases with increased life expectancy.
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Has little relationship to income levels.
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Is directly related to population density.
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Is significantly enhanced in cultures where women are educated.