Vocabulary
Understand and be able to apply each of these terms.
1. Demographics – The study of human Population
2. How much did the human population grow in the 20th century?
3. Exponential Growth – when population and growth rate both increase
4. Linear Growth- When only the population rate increased and the growth rate is steady
5. Doubling Time – how long for a population to double in size
6. Developing Countries – are poor, young and rapidly growing
7. Developed Countries –are wealthy, old and mostly shrinking
8. Fertility Rate- Number of births per 1000 women per year
9. Total Fertility Rate – Average number of children a woman has in her life time
10. Replacement Level – When you have 2.1 children per couple
11. Emigration – move out of an area
12. Immigration – move into an area
13. Life Expectancy – average age a newborn can expect to attain in any given society
14. Pronatalist Forces – Factors that increase the desire for children
15. Antinatalist Forces-Factors that decrease the desire for children
Understand and be able to apply each of these terms.
1. Demographics – The study of human Population
2. How much did the human population grow in the 20th century?
3. Exponential Growth – when population and growth rate both increase
4. Linear Growth- When only the population rate increased and the growth rate is steady
5. Doubling Time – how long for a population to double in size
6. Developing Countries – are poor, young and rapidly growing
7. Developed Countries –are wealthy, old and mostly shrinking
8. Fertility Rate- Number of births per 1000 women per year
9. Total Fertility Rate – Average number of children a woman has in her life time
10. Replacement Level – When you have 2.1 children per couple
11. Emigration – move out of an area
12. Immigration – move into an area
13. Life Expectancy – average age a newborn can expect to attain in any given society
14. Pronatalist Forces – Factors that increase the desire for children
15. Antinatalist Forces-Factors that decrease the desire for children
2. The majority of the world’s population is found in ( developed / developing ) countries.
developing countries, because mostly the women in developing countries have less resources of education and know less about birth controls also society influence on women are some of the reasons
3. What are the two factors that most affect life expectancy?
Infant mortality rates
the income per person
4. Label each of these as example of antinatalist or pronatalist factors.
The son preference pronatalist
Increased education levels of family. antinatalist
Women having access to professional careers. antinatalist
Family lives in a developing country. Pronatalist
developing countries, because mostly the women in developing countries have less resources of education and know less about birth controls also society influence on women are some of the reasons
3. What are the two factors that most affect life expectancy?
Infant mortality rates
the income per person
4. Label each of these as example of antinatalist or pronatalist factors.
The son preference pronatalist
Increased education levels of family. antinatalist
Women having access to professional careers. antinatalist
Family lives in a developing country. Pronatalist
6. What is an age structure diagram (population pyramid)? Draw a pyramid representing each of the 3
“stages” (Rapid growth, Stable, Declining).
shows distribution of ages in a population at a specific time.
7. What is the projection of the future human population? Why is it not clear?
demographers believe the world population will stabilize sometime during the next century and it's not clear because there isn't a specific time for it to happen as well either birth or death rate might increase in the middle of it.
“stages” (Rapid growth, Stable, Declining).
shows distribution of ages in a population at a specific time.
7. What is the projection of the future human population? Why is it not clear?
demographers believe the world population will stabilize sometime during the next century and it's not clear because there isn't a specific time for it to happen as well either birth or death rate might increase in the middle of it.