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| The statistical study of population is called |
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| A count of a nation's population at regular intervals is called a |
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| The correct way to calculate natural increase is |
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| The difference between the number of people immigrating to a country and the number of people emigrating from that country |
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| the number of years it takes a country to double its population at the current growth rate |
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| term which describes the number of years to double population at current growth rates |
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| To find population change, one must calculate natural increase plus ___________________________ |
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| Historically with improved medical care, sanitation, and increased food supply death rates will (fall or increase) and later the birth rate will (fall or increase) |
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| the average number of children born over the lifetime of a typical women in a particular country |
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| the increase in the birth rate that occurred after the Second World War, a period when birth rates exceeded the norm |
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| True or False - In stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model birth rates remained the same. |
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| True or False: In stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model birth rates began to fall. |
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| True or False: In stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model death rates began to rise. |
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| True or False: In stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model industrialization, urbanization, and improved living standards led to a greater desire for large families. |
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| True or False: In stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model the death rate is higher than the birth rate. |
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| Fluctuating birth rates may be experienced at which stage of the Demographic Transition Model? |
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| In 1979, in an effort to reduce population growth, the Chinese government enforced this compulsory policy. |
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| India cannot enforce a One Child Policy similar to China's because India is a ____________________. |
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| A "population pyramid" displays the population by these two categories. |
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| A population pyramid is a graph showing groups of the population divided into cohorts. A cohort is a group of individuals grouped according to their _________. |
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| A population pyramid showing extremely low birth and death rates and longer life expectancy is called ___________ |
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| A population pyramid showing high birth and death rates and a short life expectancy is called |
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| A population pyramid showing declining birth and death rates and more elderly people is called |
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| Term which refers to the proportion of the population that is supported by the working-age group. |
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| In Canada in 1966 the number of children under the age of 15 was very high which meant that the ___________________ was very high. |
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| True or False: Canada’s dependency ratio is rising in 2010 because the number of people over the age of 65 is rising. |
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| According to your text by 2012, what percentage of Canada’s net population growth would come from immigration? |
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| The federal government’s target for immigration levels is 1 percent of the total population per year. Since 1995, how many times has the government met this target. |
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| Many skilled immigrants might not come to Canada because they find it difficult to have their _________________ credentials recognized here. |
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| True or False: Canada's Aboriginal population today has a higher growth rate than the general population. |
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| Canada’s population density of 3.5 people per square kilometre is a misleading fact a most of our population today lives in ____________ areas. |
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| The term which describes how much nutrition in calories can be produced from a certain area of land. |
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| A square kilometre of farmland in southern China can produce a crop 3 times per year which means its __________________ density is very high. |
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| True or False: In British Columbia the nutritional density of farmland is restricted by the short growing season. |
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| A population pyramid showing a high birth rate, a lowering death rate, and longer life expectancy is called |
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