Unit 2 - Chapter 4: Population Change

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Crude Birth Rate

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Number of live births per year for each 1,000 people.

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Total Fertility Rate

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Average number of children born per woman aged 15 to 49 in a country.

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Overpopulation

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Growth of a population beyond what an area can support.

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Anti-Natalist Policies

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Programs to decrease the number of births.

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Pro-Natalist Policies

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Programs designed to increase the fertility rate.

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Life Expectancy

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The number of years the average person will live.

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Infant Mortality Rate

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Number of children who die before their first birthday.

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Demographic Transition Model

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Shows five typical stages of population change that countries pass through as they modernize.

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Expansive Population Pyramid

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High birth rate and low life expectancy, typical of less developed regions.

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Epidemiological Transition Model

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Predictable stages in disease and life expectancy that countries experience as they develop.