Unit 2: Population And Health; Column 2

Question 1

Demographic Transition

Answer 1

When a society’s population changes from a high crude birth and death rate and low rate of natural increase to a constituons of low crude and death rate, low natural increase rate, and higher total population.

Question 2

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 2

The agricultural revolution is when farming techniques drastically improve within a relatively short period of time. This allowed humans to produce greater amonts of food and for humans to peruse other types of work.

Question 3

Industrial Revolution

Answer 3

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process or manufacturing goods. Ex. The United States once only relied on human work for farming, and now relies on technology. Meaning Americans can work other jobs like being doctors.

Question 4

Medical revolution

Answer 4

Medical technology developed in Europe and North America has spread to poorer countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated common causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives.

Question 5

Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

Answer 5

A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero. This may be a result of social customs or poor healthcare leading to young deaths of women.

Question 6

Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

Answer 6

A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero

Question 7

Population pyramid

Answer 7

A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex.

Question 8

Dependency ratio

Answer 8

The number of people under 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

Question 9

Elderly support ratio

Answer 9

The number of working age people (age 15 to 64) divided by the number of people 65 and older

Question 10

Sex ratio

Answer 10

The number of males per 100 females in the population. Ex. In china, the sex ratio was 105.302 males to 100 females in 2020

Question 11

Epidemiological transition

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Pandemic

Answer 12

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

Question 13

Thomas Malthus/ neo-malthusians

Answer 13

A fear that a large population size could lead to a humanitarian and ecological disaster.