TERM 1
Demography
DEFINITION 1
Demography is the statistical study of human populations.
TERM 2
Exponential Growth Curve
DEFINITION 2
If growth doubles at equal intervals or time, it suddenly
accelerates. ex) Think units of 1 year. There are 2 people
initially, a year later there are 4. A year later it doubles again
so there are 8, then 16, then 32 then suddenly gets very
large, like 1,000, Part of the neo-malthus theory
TERM 3
Malthus Theorem
DEFINITION 3
Published in the book: Malthus Theory: An Essay on Principles
of Population - 1797 *Food increases arithmetically *Humans
increase geometrically *2 Population Checks 1. Preventive
(birth control, abstinence) 2. Positive (war, natural disasters)
TERM 4
Demographic Transition Theory
DEFINITION 4
The demographic transition (DT) is a model used to
represent the transition from high birth and death rates to
low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-
industrial to an industrialized economic system.
TERM 5
4 Stages of the Demographic Transition
Theory
DEFINITION 5
Stage 1: High Birth Rate and High Death Rate Stage 2: High
Birth Rate, Low Death Rate (transition phase, population
explosion) Stage 3: Low Birth Rate, Low Death Rate (we are
currently in this phase) Stage 4: Lower Birth Rate, Lower
Death Rate (shrinking population)
