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- 2. The scientific study of popular on characteristics.
- 5. Revolution/ A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and drastically altered society.
- 8. expectancy/ The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
- 9. density/ The total number of people divided by the total land area.
- 12. The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
- 13. A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living
- 14. transition/ The process of change in a society's population as a combination of medical advances and economic development, affecting a population's desire and ability to control its own birth and death rates.
- 15. time/ The number of years it takes for an area's population to double.
- 17. increase rate/ (NIR) The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate (NIR=CBR-CDR).
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- 1. birth rate/ (CBR) The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society.
- 3. density/ The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
- 4. revolution/ Medical technology from Europe and North America that was used to eliminate many diseases in the developing world.
- 6. A complete enumeration of a population
- 7. density/ The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.
- 10. Fertility Rate/ The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.
- 11. Population Growth/ A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.
- 16. death rate/ (CDR) The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people alive in a society.