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What is brain drain????
. Brain drain is where talented people EMIGRATE (usually from LDC MDC for a better education and things..
What is ecumene?
The portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement. Ecumene has increased over time.
What is a language family?
A collection of languages with a common ancestor before recorded history.
In which stage of the demographic transition does CBR decrease?
STAGE 3
Describe agricultural density.
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture. This also shows a country’s level of development
Describe Ideograms Or not
In China and other East Asian countries the SYMBOLS used instead of sounds or and alphabet
What is a dependency ratio?
The number of people too old or too young to take care of themselves. Highest in LDC’s.
A person who leaves there country because they are being persecuted, or may be if they return
Refugees
Lingua franca
TRADING LANUAGE
Name the most spoken language family.
Indo-European
What is a dialect?
A regional variety of languages distinguished by vocab, spelling, and punctuation
Name the 2 most populated countries on earth
China and India
What was Malthus’ Prediction?.
The world population increase rate will far exceed the world’s food supply eventually causing a point of Crisis
Who revived the Hebrew language?
E. Ben-Yehuda
When does overpopulation occur?
When the number of people is more than the available recourses can support
What is a creole/creolized language
A language that results from the mixing of colonizers language with native language
What is the most widely spoken language in the world???
ENGLISH!!!!!
What does NIR stand for & how can you calculate it?
It is Natural Increase Rate & you can calculate it by CBR-CDR=NIR 10
Give an example for each type of migration: Intraregional and Interregional
(Answers will vary) interregional- changing regions intraregional-movement within the same region
Define the term Doubling Time
The amount of time it takes a country to double its population.
Which population pyramid would be an LDC and why?
LDC because with so many young people, doubling time will be low. …
What are Intervening Obstacles?
An environmental/ culture feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
Industrial Revolution
A series of improvements in industrial tech. that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. Change from agricultural to industrial society/economy
Explain how LDC’s and MDC’s transition from stage 1-stage 2 of the demographic transition
MDC’s== Industrial Revolution LDC’s== Medical Revolution
The number of infants that die before they reach age 1 per 1000 births is called….
IMR Infant Mortality Rate Highest in LDC’s