SS Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

Carrying Capacity

Answer 1

The population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the available resources

Question 2

Overpopulation

Answer 2

A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

Question 3

Ecumene

Answer 3

The portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement

Question 4

Arithmetic Density

Answer 4

The total number of people divided by the total land area

Question 5

Physiological Density

Answer 5

The number of people per unit area of arable land

Question 6

Arable Land

Answer 6

Land that is suited for agriculture

Question 7

Agricultural Density

Answer 7

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land

Question 8

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

Answer 8

The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate

Question 9

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Answer 9

The total number of births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

Question 10

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 10

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

Question 11

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Answer 11

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society

Question 12

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Answer 12

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

Question 13

Demographic Transition

Answer 13

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 natural increase, and higher total population

Question 14

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 14

The annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management( excluding accidental or incidental causes)

Question 15

Sex Ratio

Answer 15

The number of males per 100 females in the population

Question 16

Life Expectancy

Answer 16

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live

Question 17

Epidemiologic Transition

Answer 17

The process of change in the distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

Question 18

Pronatalist Policy

Answer 18

Government policy that supports higher birth rates

Question 19

Antinatalist Policy

Answer 19

Government policy that supports lower birth rates