Unit 2 Vocabulary Part A Quizs

The number of people per unit area of arable land

• Physiological Density

• Agricultural Density

• Population Density

• Urban Density

the number of working age people divided by the number of people over 65

• Elderly Support Ratio

• Dependency Ratio

• Age Dependency Index

• Population Aging Ratio

the number of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the number of people in their productive years

• Dependency Ratio

• Productive Age Index

• Workforce Balance

• Age Dependency Metric

a process of change in a society's population from high CBR/CDR and low NRI to low CBR/CDR, low NRI, and high higher population

• Demographic Transition

• Population Explosion

• Urbanization

• Cultural Assimilation

measures the number of births in a society; the average number of children women of child-bearing age will have

• Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

• Birth Rate (BR)

• Child Mortality Rate (CMR)

• Net Reproduction Rate (NRR)

a ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land; farmers/arable land

• Agricultural Density

• Population Density

• Urban Density

• Rural Density

Total number of population in a given land area; number of people/total land area

• Arithmetic Density

• Population Density

• Geographic Density

• Demographic Density

total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

• Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

• Net Birth Rate (NBR)

• Gross Birth Rate (GBR)

• Adjusted Birth Rate (ABR)

the number of years needed to double a population assuming a constant rate of natural increase

• Doubling Time

• Population Growth Rate

• Carrying Capacity

• Demographic Transition

total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a given society

• Crude Death Rate (CDR)

• Net Death Rate (NDR)

• Adjusted Mortality Rate (AMR)

• Standardized Death Rate (SDR)