Geo Unit 3: Week 1 Key Terms

The average number of children who would be born per woman (ages 15-49) of that group in a country, assuming every woman lived through her childbearing years.

• Natural increase rate

• Population pyramid rate

• Total fertility rate

• Malthusian rate

A policy that tries to increase birth rates and fertility rates.

• Pro-natalist policy

• Natural increase policy

• Anti-natalist policy

• Malthusian policy

A policy that tries to reduce birth rates and fertility rates.

• Pro-natalist policy

• Natural increase policy

• Anti-natalist policy

• Malthusian policy

Which of the following is NOT included on a population pyramid?

• Bars that represent the percentage of the total population contained in each group

• Males on the left side, females on the right side

• The youngest age group (0-4) at the bottom, oldest (100+) at the top

• Bars that represent income levels for each group

A theory that argued that population was growing more rapidly than the Earth’s food supply.

• Anti-natalist theory

• Total fertility theory

• Malthusian theory

• Natural increase theory

Percentage at which a population is growing or declining, without the impact of immigration.

• Malthusian rate

• Natural increase rate

• Total fertility rate

• Population pyramid rate