Demography

The birth rate and death rate determine a country's

• population density

• population distribution

• population growth

• demography

Number of children born each year for every 1,000 people

• birth rate

• literacy rate

• death rate

• tax rate

Demography is the science that studies

• population using vital statistics such as births, deaths, ages...

• how things change overnight int he news

• How people react to their climate zones

• when people want to leave the country

Better healthcare and improved living conditions reduce the

• birth rate

• food supply

• population growth

• death rate

Describes the way the Population is spread out over time

• population distribution

• population

• population density

• populations average

Average number of people who live in a square mile

• population density

• population average

• population distribution

• population

The reason why people migrate from and to an area

• push-pull theory

• migration

• life expectancy

• migration rate

Movement of people to cities and the growth of cities

• naturalizations

• push-pull theory

• ruralization

• urbanization

From the reading in Ch. 3, why did the irish migrate to America?

• War

• starvation (famine)

• low literacy rates

• low birth rates

Using the graph shown, which continent had the highest growth rate?

• Oceania

• North America

• Africa

• Europe