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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT #2 ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT #2ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Agricultural Population Density - Answer-Number of Farmers divided by the arable land
Arable Land - Answer-Land suitable for farming/agriculture
Physiological Population Density - Answer-Population of a region / arable (farmable)
land
Arithmetic Population Density - Answer-Population of a region divided by total land
area.
Baby Boom - Answer-Temporary marked increase in the birth rate
Census - Answer-A complete count of of a population
Child Mortality Rate - Answer-Total number of child deaths per 1,000 live births
Crude Birth Rate - Answer-Total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people in
the society
Crude Death Rate - Answer-Total number of deaths per 1,000 people in a society
Dependency Ratio - Answer-Number of people too young or too old to work compared
to workers
More Developed Country (MDC) - Answer-Also known as a relatively developed country
or a developed country, country that has progressed further along the development
continuum
Doubling Time - Answer-Number of years needed to double the population
Ecumeme - Answer-The areas of earth occupied by human settlement
Epidemiological Transition Model - Answer-The theory that says that there is a distinct
cause of death in each stage of the demographic transition model. It can help explain
how a country's population changes so dramatically.
Industrial Revolution - Answer-Time during the 19th century, major improvements in
manufacturing goals and delivering them to market
, Infant Mortality Rates - Answer-the number of infant deaths (under age 1) per 1000 live
births
Less Developed Countries (LDC) - Answer-Non-industrialized/poor countries.
Stage two, early three
Life Expectancy - Answer-Average number of years an infant can expect to live
Thomas Malthus - Answer-An English economist who was one of the first to argue that
the world's population increase was far outrunning the development of food production
Malthusian Theory - Answer-The theory that population grows faster than food supply
Medical Revolution - Answer-Time during the late 20th countries, when medical
technology from Europe and North America diffused to developing countries
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI) - Answer-The percentage of annual growth in a
population excluding migration.
Neo-Malthusian - Answer-A belief that the world is characterized by scarcity and
competition in which too many people fight for too few resources. Named for Thomas
Malthus, who predicted a dismal cycle of misery, vice, and starvation as a result of
human overpopulation
Population Pyramids - Answer-A bar graph representing the distribution of population by
age and sex.
Anti-Natalist Policies - Answer-Government policies to reduce the rate of natural
increase
Pro-Natalist Policies - Answer-Government policies to increase the rate of natural
increase
Sex Ratio - Answer-The number of males per 100 females in the population.
Total Fertility Rate - Answer-The average number of children born to a woman during
her childbearing years.
Zero Population Growth - Answer-A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where
the natural increase rate equals zero.
Demography - Answer-The scientific study of population characteristics
Overpopulation - Answer-The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the
environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
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