Chapter 6

Question 1

The limit of population grouth that would allow most people in an area or the world to live in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generations.

Answer 1

Cultural Carrying Capacity

Question 2

Annual number of live births per 1000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year

Answer 2

Crude Birth Rate

Question 3

Annual number of deaths per 1000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year

Answer 3

Crude Death Rate

Question 4

Increase or decrease in the size of a population

Answer 4

Population Change

Question 5

Estimate of the average number of children who will be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she passes through all her childbearing years (ages 15-44) conforming to age-specific fertility rates of a given year. More simply, it is an estimate of the average number of children that women in a given population will have during their childbearing years

Answer 5

Total Fertility Rate

Question 6

Number of children born to an average woman in a population during her lifetime

Answer 6

Fertility Rate

Question 7

Average number of children a couple must bear to replace themselves. The average for a country or the world usually is slightly higher than two children per couple (2.1 in the United States and 2.5 in some developing countries) mostly because some children die before reaching their reproductive years.

Answer 7

Replacement-level Fertility Rate

Question 8

Average number of years a newborn infant can be expected to live

Answer 8

Life Expectancy

Question 9

Number of babies out of every 1000 born each year who die before their first birthday

Answer 9

Infant Mortality Rate

Question 10

Movement of people into and out of specific geographic areas

Answer 10

Migration

Question 11

Percentage of the population (or number of people of each sex) at each age level in a population

Answer 11

Age Structure

Question 12

Hypothesis that countries, as they become industrialized, have declines in deaths followed by declines in birth rates

Answer 12

Demographic Transition

Question 13

Providing information, clinical services, and contraceptive to help people choose the number and spacing of children they want to have.

Answer 13

Family Planning