Ch 19: Population Flashcards

1
Q

_____ is the study of the size and makeup of the human population and how it changes

A

demography

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2
Q

________ study:
- Vital Statistics
- record of birth
- deaths
- causes of death
- marriages
- divorces
- disease rate

A

Demographer’s

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3
Q

______ is a measure of the rate at which people are born

A

fertility

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4
Q

_____ is the rate at which people die

A

mortality

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5
Q

_______ is moving into or out of an area

A

migration

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6
Q

A _____ is a count of the population in which people’s ages and sexes are recorded

A

census

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7
Q

The ________ is the change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates, with a period of rapid population growth in between

A

demographic transition

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8
Q

The ______ is the number of people born per 1000 of the population in a year

A

crude birth rate

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9
Q

To predict the birth rate, we must know the __________ of the population —– the number of men and women their ages

A

age-sex composition

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10
Q

The _____ is the number of deaths per 1000 of the population in a calendar year

A

crude death rate

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11
Q

The _______ is the number of deaths at each age for each sex

A

age-adjusted death rate

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12
Q

______ and _____ affect mortality rates

A

wealth; social class

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13
Q

______ is movement into an area

A

immigration

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14
Q

_____ is movement out of an area

A

emigration

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15
Q

______ are circumstances that push people away from their homes

A

push factors

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16
Q

_______ are conditions that attract people to new area

A

pull factors

17
Q

________ - to find work or follow a particular career path

A

economic migration

18
Q

_______ - for a better quality of life or to be closer to family or friends

A

social migration

19
Q

______ - to escape political persecution or war

A

political migration

20
Q

_______ - to escape natural disasters such as flooding

A

environment

21
Q

______ is contributing to ________

A

natural increase; population

22
Q

________ is contributing to _________

A

out-migration; population loss

23
Q

Louisiana is experiencing _________

A

modest population growth

24
Q

______ is the state’s population engine

A

fertility