Demography Notes

Question 1

Death rate

Answer 1

The rate of people dying per year

Question 2

Birth Rate

Answer 2

The rate of people being born per year

Question 3

Demography

Answer 3

The study of a countries population

Question 4

Dependency Ratio

Answer 4

the ratio of those who don’t work to the ones that do

Question 5

Demographic transition model

Answer 5

a model that describes population change over time

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

The time that is expected for someone in a certain area to live for.

Question 7

Total fertility rate

Answer 7

The rate of babies being born divided by the amount of adult women, so you get the average amount of babies per woman.

Question 8

Rapid Population growth

Answer 8

A population which is growing very quickly, with babies being born faster than the death

Question 9

Low Population Growth

Answer 9

A population which grows very slowly, with babies being born only slightly more than the deaths.

Question 10

Replacement Rate

Answer 10

The amount of people that are born to replace the dying people. This can be decimals.

Question 11

Population Pyramid

Answer 11

A pyramid which displays the percent of a certain age and certain gender of a population.

Question 12

Baby Boom

Answer 12

A time in which people are encouraged to give birth a lot, making many babies born in the next nine months.

Question 13

Standard of Living

Answer 13

The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.

Question 14

One Child Policy

Answer 14

A policy in a country which rewards parents for one child only, and takes away from the family for the more children they have.

Question 15

Rate of Consumption

Answer 15

The rate in which people consume and litter.

Question 16

Ecosystem

Answer 16

A large community of animals and their abiotic factors around them

Question 17

Great Leap Forward

Answer 17

An act enforced by Mao Tse-Tung which involved people giving up everything and having many babies to make China a developed country, but the act ended up as a flop.

Question 18

Toxic chemicals

Answer 18

Chemicals which are highly harmful to the environment

Question 19

Nuclear Families

Answer 19

A family that consists of parents and their children.

Question 20

Extended Families

Answer 20

A family which consists of parents, children, and relatives of that family

Question 21

Urban

Answer 21

In the city. Not rural

Question 22

Population Distribution

Answer 22

Where most people in a population live

Question 23

Arithmetic Population Density

Answer 23

The total number of people divided by the total land area

Question 24

Population Density

Answer 24

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans.

Question 25

Natural Habitats

Answer 25

Habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.

Question 26

Public Transit

Answer 26

A public transportation system for moving passengers

Question 27

Famine

Answer 27

An extreme scarcity of food

Question 28

Earthquake Resistant Construction Techniques

Answer 28

Earthquake-resistant structures are structures designed to withstand earthquakes. No structure can be entirely immune to damage from earthquakes,

Question 29

Hydroelectric

Answer 29

Energy produced using water and dams. Hydroelectric power is green clean energy.

Question 30

Subterranean Zone

Answer 30

Existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface. (Underground area)

Question 31

Tectonic Plates

Answer 31

Tectonic Plates is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. (The plates under the earth that create earthquakes and stuff)

Question 32

Commute Time

Answer 32

How long it takes to get to work each day.

Question 33

Doubling Time

Answer 33

How long it takes a population to double.

Question 34

Renewable

Answer 34

Capable of being renewed.

Question 35

Tsunamis

Answer 35

A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance

Question 36

Temperatures

Answer 36

How hot or cold something or somewhere is in degrees fahrenheit or celsius

Question 37

Developing Country

Answer 37

A country that is not fully developed and is starting to modernize.

Question 38

Climates

Answer 38

The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 39

Archipelago

Answer 39

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands

Question 40

Resource

Answer 40

A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

Question 41

Reservoir

Answer 41

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. Or a protected area for animals or plants.

Question 42

Landscape

Answer 42

All the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

Question 43

Arable Land

Answer 43

Farmable land.

Question 44

Wetlands

Answer 44

Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land

Question 45

Drought

Answer 45

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water

Question 46

Rural

Answer 46

In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. (Countryside)

Question 47

Habitat

Answer 47

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism(where someone or something lives)

Question 48

Terracing

Answer 48

Make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.

Question 49

Basins

Answer 49

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized