AP Human Geography

Chapter 2

Mrs. Goldstein

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The study of population characteristics

What is demography?

1,2

The four most populous regions.

What are East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia & Europe?

1,3

The portion of Earth’s surfaceOccupied by permanent human

settlement.

What is the ecumene?

1,4

The number of people supported by a unit area of arable land.

What is agricultural density?

2,1

This region has the highestCBR rates.

Where is Sub-Saharan Africa?

2,2

The causes of low IMRs in a Country or region.

What are doctors, hospitals, medicine?

2,3

The cause for higher CDRs in MDCs.

What is the aging population?

2,4

The average number of childrena women will have in her lifetime.

What is the TFR?

3,1

The Industrial Revolution caused this shift in the Demographic

Transition.

What moved countries from Stage 1 to Stage 2?

3,2

During this stage, CBR begins to drop sharply

What is stage 3: Moderate Growth?

3,3

A country reaches this when the CBR declines to the point

it almost equals CDR.

What is ZPG?

3,4

This ratio is important when considering how many people

are above or below working age.

What is dependency ratio?

4,1

These people believe thatPopulation can stimulate the

economy.

Who are Malthus’s critics?

4,2

These two reasons can explaina declining NIR.

What are lower birth rates or higher death rates?

4,3

This person argued that the World’s population was growing

faster than it’s food supply.

Who is Thomas Malthus?

4,4

These are two diseases that Occurred during Stage 1 and 2

Of the Demographic Transition.

What are the Black Plague & Cholera?

5,1

Evolution, Poverty and Travel

What are causes of Stage 5 of the Epidemiologic Transition?

5,2

Women entering the work force led to this.

Why are women having less children in Stage 3?

5,3

The medical revolution.

What moved LDCs into Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition?

5,4

Causes for opposition to birth control.

What are religious or political reasons?