Population Growth Stages of the DTM Models & Graphs Vocab
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What is arithmetic density?
The total number of people divided by the total land area
100
What is Natural Increase Rate (NIR)?
The percentage growth of a population (birth rate-death rate)
100
What is Stage 1?
Very high CBR and CDR; very low NIR
100
What is the Demographic Transition Model?
Shows stages of demographic changes of birth/death rates within a country
100
What is life expectancy?
The average number of years an individual is expected to live in a place
200
What is agricultural density?
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land
200
What is overpopulation?
When the number of people exceeds the carrying capacity of a place
200
What is Stage 4?
Very low CBR, low/slightly increasing CDR, and zero/declining NIR
200
What is the Epidemiological Transition Model?
Shows health threats within the stages of the demographic transition model
200
What is dependency ratio?
The number of people unable to work (under 15 or above 64) compared to the number of people in the labor force
300
What is physiological density?
The number of people per unit area of arable land
300
What is doubling time?
The number of years needed to double a population
300
What is Stage 5?
Higher death rate than birth rate; negative NIR
300
What is a population pyramid?
A bar graph that displays the percentage of a place's population for each age and gender.
300
What is a census?
An official count/survey of the population
400
What is total fertility rate (TFR)?
Average number of children a woman will have during her child bearing years
400
What is carrying capacity?
Maximum population size that the environment can sustain indefinitely
400
What is Stage 2?
High CBR, rapidly declining CDR, and very high NIR
400
What is Stage 3?
Stage of the ETM characterized by degenerative diseases
400
What is pandemic?
Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population
500
What is a pro-natalist policy?
Do it for Denmark!
500
Who is Thomas Malthus?
Believed that population will grow exponentially while food source would grow linearly
500
What is Stage 3?
Rapidly declining CBR, moderately declining CDR, and moderate NIR
500
What is a J-Curve?
Graph that shows that as population grows exponentially, resource use will grow exponentially
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What is an ecumene?
A portion of the Earth's surface occupied by a permanent settlement






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