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Vocab Scramble: Agriculture, Population & Migration
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Age distribution: The proportion of individuals of different ages within a population
Agricultural revolution: the development of farming
Arithmetic Population Density: The total number of people divided by the total land area
Capacity: the amount of people an area can support
Census: A complete enumeration of a population.
Child Mortality Rate: A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population
Chronic Diseases: Generally long – lasting afflictions now more common because of higher life expectancies.
Crude Birth Rate: The number of live births yearly per 1,000 people in a population
Crude Death Rate: The number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a population
Demographic Transition Model: a model that tracks the steps through which a society’s population moves as a country: region progresses towards industrialization
Demography: the scientific study of population characteristics
Dependency ratio: the number of people who can’t work
Doubling Time: the time it takes for an area’s population to double
Ecumene: the area of land occupied by humans
Life Expectancy: A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live.
Megalopolis: Term used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world
Physiological Population Density: The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.
Population Density: A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land.
Total Fertility Rate: the average number of children a woman has
Zero population growth: Where natural birth rate declines to equal crude birth rate and the natural rate of population approaches 0.
Vocab Scramble: Agriculture, Population & Migration
Across:1. | A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. | 4. | Where natural birth rate declines to equal crude birth rate and the natural rate of population approaches 0. | 7. | The number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a population | 10. | Term used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world | 13. | The total number of people divided by the total land area |
| 14. | the area of land occupied by humans | 15. | The proportion of individuals of different ages within a population | 16. | the number of people who can’t work | 17. | the scientific study of population characteristics |
| | Down:2. | the average number of children a woman has | 3. | a model that tracks the steps through which a society’s population moves as a country: region progresses towards industrialization | 5. | the time it takes for an area’s population to double | 6. | The number of live births yearly per 1,000 people in a population | 7. | A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population |
| 8. | Generally long – lasting afflictions now more common because of higher life expectancies. | 9. | A complete enumeration of a population. | 11. | the amount of people an area can support | 12. | A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live. |
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Vocab Scramble: Agriculture, Population & Migration
Across:1. | A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. | 4. | Where natural birth rate declines to equal crude birth rate and the natural rate of population approaches 0. | 7. | The number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a population | 10. | Term used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world | 13. | The total number of people divided by the total land area |
| 14. | the area of land occupied by humans | 15. | The proportion of individuals of different ages within a population | 16. | the number of people who can’t work | 17. | the scientific study of population characteristics |
| | Down:2. | the average number of children a woman has | 3. | a model that tracks the steps through which a society’s population moves as a country: region progresses towards industrialization | 5. | the time it takes for an area’s population to double | 6. | The number of live births yearly per 1,000 people in a population | 7. | A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population |
| 8. | Generally long – lasting afflictions now more common because of higher life expectancies. | 9. | A complete enumeration of a population. | 11. | the amount of people an area can support | 12. | A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live. |
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