UNIT 2 REVIEW

Question 1

agricultural density

Answer 1

Agricultural density measures the number of farmers per unit area of farmland.

Question 2

antinatalist

Answer 2

a family of philosophical views that are critical of reproduction

Question 3

arithmetic density

Answer 3

very simply the total number of people divided by the total land area.

Question 4

asylum seekers

Answer 4

An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum in that other country.

Question 5

birth rates

Answer 5

the number of live births per thousand of population per year.

Question 6

carrying capacity

Answer 6

the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.

Question 7

chain migration

Answer 7

a situation in which migrants from a particular place follow other migrants to a particular destination.

Question 8

climate

Answer 8

Climate characterizes the average weather conditions for a particular location over a long period of time.

Question 9

contraception

Answer 9

birth control

Question 10

culture

Answer 10

he customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group

Question 11

death rates

Answer 11

the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.

Question 12

demographic

Answer 12

relating to the structure of populations.

Question 13

demographic transition model

Answer 13

depicts the demographic history of a country.

Question 14

dependency ratio

Answer 14

The dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force and those typically in the labor force.