UNIT 2 Flashcards
Agricultural Density
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
Agricultural Revolution
The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
Arithmetic Density
the total number of people divided by the total land area
Census
a complete enumeration of a population
Crude Birth Rate
the total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in society.
Demographic Transition
the process of change in a society’s population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of increase and higher total population.
demography
the scientific study of population characteristics
dependency ratio
the number of people under the age of 15 or older than 64 compared to the people who can work in the labor force.
doubling time
the number of years it takes for the population to double.
ecumene
the portion of earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
epidemiologic transition
distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition
Epidemiology
branch of medical science concerned with the incidence distribution and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a special time and are produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality.
Industrial revolution
a series of improvement in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Infant mortality rate
the total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1000 live births
Life expectancy
the average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current social economic and medical conditions.
