Geography Unit 3.A Topic 4 Keywords 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyPopulation changeGCSEEdexcel Created by: Elizabeth DayCreated on: 24-11-13 19:10 ageing population An area with lots of elderly people 1 of 22 baby boom An increase in the birth rate, often after a war 2 of 22 birth rate The number of babies born each year for every 1,000 people 3 of 22 contraception A means of stopping pregnancy from happening 4 of 22 death rate The number of people who die ech year for every 1,000 people 5 of 22 demographic transition model 'Population Change Model'. The model is based on what happened to the birth and death rates in western European countries 6 of 22 demography The study of population 7 of 22 disincentive A reason to discourage someone 8 of 22 ethnic A group of people with a common national or cultural tradition 9 of 22 fertility rate The average number of children each woman in a population will have 10 of 22 global population The population of the world 11 of 22 grey boom The rapid rise in the number of elderly people 12 of 22 grey pound The spending power of the elderly population 13 of 22 incentive An encouragement to do something 14 of 22 natural decrease in population Occurs if the death rate of a country is higher than the birth rate 15 of 22 occupational structure The percentage of people who work in the different sectors of industry 16 of 22 population density A measurement of the number of people in an area, usually expressed as people per square metre 17 of 22 population distribution The pattern of where people live 18 of 22 residential care homes Places whre elderly people can pay to live and be looked after 19 of 22 shanty towns An unplanned settlement often without any services 20 of 22 urbanisation The growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities 21 of 22 youthful population An area with lots of young people, under the age of 30 years 22 of 22
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