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Key Issue Three & Four-Ch.2
Vocabulary for Key Issue One of Human Geography
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Geography
9th Grade
09/14/2009

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Demographic Transition
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The process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.
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Agricultural Revolution
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The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
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Industiral Revolution
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A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
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Medical Revolution
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The__________improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives.
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Zero Population Growth (ZPG)
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A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.
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Population Pyramid
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A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.
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Dependency Ratio
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The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
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Census
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A complete enumeration of a population.
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Thomas Malthus
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Was one of the first to argue that the world's rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food supplies.
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Neo-Malthusians
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Contemporary geographers and other analysts are taking another look at Malthus's theory, because of the unprecendented rate of natural increase in LDCs.
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Economic Development Alternative
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Is one approach to lowering birth rates and emphasizes the importance of proving local economic conditions.
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Distribution of Contraceptives
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Is the other approach to lowering birth rates and emphasizes the importance of rapidly diffusing modern contraceptive methods.
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