AP Human Geography Chapter 2 Mrs. Goldstein

Key Issue 1 Key Issue 2 Key Issue 3 Key Issue

Row 1, Col 1 The study of population characteristics What is demography?

1,2 The four most populous regions. What are East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia & Europe?

1,3 The portion of Earth’s surface Occupied by permanent human settlement. What is the ecumene?

1,4 The number of people supported by a unit area of arable land. What is agricultural density?

2,1 This region has the highest CBR rates. Where is Sub-Saharan Africa?

2,2 The causes of low IMRs in a Country or region. What are doctors, hospitals, medicine?

2,3 The cause for higher CDRs in MDCs. What is the aging population?

2,4 The average number of children a women will have in her lifetime. What is the TFR?

3,1 The Industrial Revolution caused this shift in the Demographic Transition. What moved countries from Stage 1 to Stage 2?

3,2 During this stage, CBR begins to drop sharply What is stage 3: Moderate Growth?

3,3 A country reaches this when the CBR declines to the point it almost equals CDR. What is ZPG?

3,4 This ratio is important when considering how many people are above or below working age. What is dependency ratio?

4,1 These people believe that Population can stimulate the economy. Who are Malthus’s critics?

4,2 These two reasons can explain a declining NIR. What are lower birth rates or higher death rates?

4,3 This person argued that the World’s population was growing faster than it’s food supply. Who is Thomas Malthus?

4,4 These are two diseases that Occurred during Stage 1 and 2 Of the Demographic Transition. What are the Black Plague & Cholera?

5,1 Evolution, Poverty and Travel What are causes of Stage 5 of the Epidemiologic Transition?

5,2 Women entering the work force led to this. Why are women having less children in Stage 3?

5,3 The medical revolution. What moved LDCs into Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition?

5,4 Causes for opposition to birth control. What are religious or political reasons?