Chapter 14 - PowerPoint

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

The study of population, size, composition, growth and distribution

Question 2

Population equation

Answer 2

Fertility - morality +/- migration

Question 3

Malthus theorem

Answer 3

Thought the food supply increases arithmetically populations grow geometrically.

Question 4

Population pyramid

Answer 4

Shows the age/sex distribution of a population.

Question 5

Urbanization

Answer 5

50% of U.S population lives in urban areas of 1m+

Question 6

Demographic transition

Answer 6

Stage 1: High birth rates and high death rates
Stage 2: High birth rates and low death rates
Stage 3: Dropping birth rates
Stage 4: Stability population with low birth and low death rates.