Chapter 2 Flashcards
(35 cards)
What is the natural increase formula
Births-deaths
What is the physiological population density formula?
Population/square miles
What is arable land?
Farm land
What is an infectious disease?
Parasites attacking
What is a vectored diseas?
Vectored is through blood/a spreader( malaria)
What is a non vectored disease?
Spread through direct contact (flu)
What is a chronic disease?
Affects middle to old age (heart diseas,cancer,stroke)
What is a genetic disease?
Passed through genetics (autism)
Why do women have fewer children in developed countries?
Birth control
Women have more purpose
What is immigration?
When you leave a country and never go back
What is emigration?
When you leav a country and return a few years later
What is demography?
The study of population
What are the 4 largest population clusters
East Asia- Japan,Koreas, China
South Asia - India,sir Lanka
Europe
North America- north east
What is a megalopolis?
Large urban area
What are crude birth and death rates?
Births and deaths per 1,000 people
What is the life expectancy in comparison to men and women
Women love monger
What are dot maps used for
Population distribution
What is the census
Population count
What are problems with cessation
Doesn’t include homeless,nomadic tribes, and imagination. This leads to less representatives and less funding
What is doubling time?
When the population doubles each time
What are the different scales?7
Global
National
Regional
Local
What is poplulation composition?
Men woman and their ages
What is IMR
Infant mortality rate
What age is IMR
0-1