Vocabulary

GEOGRAPHY

Famine: starvationa

Birth rate(B.R): the ratio of total live births in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birthrate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year

Death rate(D.R): The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified communityor area over a specified period of time. The death rate is often expressed as the number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year

Natural increase (N.I):number of births minus the number of deaths

Real Natural Increase(R.N.I): It's the N.I divided by the total population and multiplied by 100

Infant mortality rate: number of deaths of infants under 1 year

Family planning: When people think more carefully having children because of different reasons

More Economical Developed country(MEDC): rich countries

Less Economical Developed Countries(LEDC): poor countries

Overpopulation: It occurs if the number of people in a group excedes the carring capacity of the región occupied by the group

Underpopulation: Having a lower population density tan njormal or desirable

Life expectancy: number of years that an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics

Birth control: Voluntary prevention of conception by a man or a woman through the use of contraceptive techniques

Ageing population: phenomenon in which the median age of population in a region or country rises significantly when compared to the population. This is caused by declining birth rate or rising life expectancy

Dependent population: part of the population that does not work and relies on others for the goods and services that they consume

Dependency ratio: Is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force and those typically in the labor force. It is used to measure the pressure on the productive population

Population pyramids: Is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population

Replacement rate:

Fertility rate: the number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-49 in one year

Gravedigger: someone whose job consists in digging graves

Graves: A place of burial