Demography and Population Growth: Key Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Geography

Download Demography and Population Growth: Key Terms and Definitions and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 How long ago was it likely that human life began? DEFINITION 1 3 million years ago TERM 2 What has been the trend in global population? Why? DEFINITION 2 RAPID increase since 1650, due to the Industrial Revolution TERM 3 What is the projected population for 2050? DEFINITION 3 9 billon TERM 4 Demography DEFINITION 4 The statistical study of populations (not including migration) TERM 5 Population Geography DEFINITION 5 Study of populations INCLUDING migration TERM 6 Rate of Demography DEFINITION 6 per 1000 TERM 7 Cohort Measure DEFINITION 7 Cohort refers to any specific group (ex. children age 1-5) TERM 8 Crude Birth Rate (CBR) DEFINITION 8 Annual number of births per 1000 people TERM 9 What is considered a high CBR? What percentage of the world lives with high CBRs? DEFINITION 9 Above 30 is high; 50% TERM 10 What is considered a low CBR? Who lives with low CBRs? DEFINITION 10 Under 20 is low; The developed world (Europe, Japan, Russia, Australia, U.S.) TERM 21 What TFR value is needed for replacement? DEFINITION 21 2.1 TERM 22 What are typical TFR values for the developed and underdeveloped worlds? DEFINITION 22 Developed: ~1.6; Underdeveloped: ~3.0 TERM 23 What is the world TFR (as of 2005)? DEFINITION 23 2.7 TERM 24 Doubling Time DEFINITION 24 The amount of time it takes for a population to double TERM 25 Halving Time DEFINITION 25 The amount of time it takes for a population to reduce to half TERM 26 How do you calculate Doubling Time using Annual Percentage Change? DEFINITION 26 Divide 72 by the annual percentage to get doubling time in years (ex. 72/3% = 23.3 yrs) TERM 27 What are typical Annual Percentage Increases for the developed and underdeveloped worlds? DEFINITION 27 Developed: 0.1%; Underdeveloped: 1.5% TERM 28 Demographic Transition Model DEFINITION 28 Depiction of stages of a country's population growth (based on history of European countries) TERM 29 First Stage DEFINITION 29 High birth rate + high death rate = slow population growth (not longer seen) TERM 30 Second Stage DEFINITION 30 High birth rate + declining death rate = dramatic population increase, increase in life expectancy TERM 31 Third Stage DEFINITION 31 Declining birth rates deliberately TERM 32 Fourth Stage DEFINITION 32 low birth rate + low death rate = decline in population (old countries)