Geography key words Flashcards
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What is an ageing population?
Where there is a higher proportion of elderly people in a population.
What is an anti-natalist policy?
Actions and rules a government uses to reduce the number of births in a place.
What is a benefit?
Something that is helpful or good; an advantage.
What is the birth rate?
The number of babies born per 1000 of the population per year.
What is a census?
A count of the population, taken every 10 years in the UK.
What is data?
Facts and figures that give information.
What is the death rate?
The number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year.
What is an ethnic group?
A group of people that shares the same way of life, language and religion.
What is the infant mortality rate?
The number of babies who die before the age of 1 year, for every 1000 live births.
What is life expectancy?
The typical number of years that a person might expect to live.
What is proportion?
The size of one group compared to another.
What is natural increase?
The difference between birth rate and death rate.
What is policy?
A set of plans and ideas. Governments, for example, set out their policies.
What is population structure?
How a country’s population is made up of different age groups and of males and females.
What is a pro-natalist policy?
Actions and rules a government uses to increase the number of births in a place.
What is a resource?
Something people use.
