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What is the four main factors affecting fertility?
Demographic, Social/Cultural, Economic, Political
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What is maternal mortality?
the death of a woman during or shortly after a pregnancy
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What is the neo-malthusian theory?
proof
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What isdevelopment?
improv. in quality of life
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What is the difference between and LEDC population pyramid and an MEDC population pyramid?
proof
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What are three issues related to ageing population?
economic depression,service decline, reduced tax income, pensions
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What are four reasons for food shortages?
pg 107-8
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What is the replacement level fertility and why (one reason)?
2.1; couples who dont have kids and child mortality
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What is the relationship between the economically active and economically inactive population?
dependancy ratio
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What is a reason for increased child mortality?
poor healthcare, etc.
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What is the type of crop that help solve agricultural issues?
perenial crops
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What are two solutions to ageing population
pro-natalist, private pension, private healthcare, increased taxes, increased retirement age.
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What is the average number of children that would be born to a woman during her lifetime?
total fertility rate
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What is a reasons why some countries develop faster than other countries?
landlocked, open economies,progress through DTM, natural resources
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What is the largest population that the resources of a given environment can support?
carrying capacity
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who is the founder of the Green Revolution
Norman Borlaug
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What are two limitations of the dependancy ratio?
pg 95
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What is a general example of a country or place found in the first stage of the demographic transition model?
isolated tribe (amazon, new guinea
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What are three advantages to the green revolution?
pg110
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What is an example of an anti-natalist policy
proof
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