Patterns of Fertility, Mortality, & Health

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AP Human Geography › Patterns of Fertility, Mortality, & Health

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The decade after the Baby Boom generation is sometimes referred to as the __________ because fertility and marriage rates dropped in the United States.

2

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during a year per how many people in a given population?

3

The “natural increase rate” for a country is calculated by __________.

4

The “Green Revolution” took place in this century and immediately led to massive population growth around the world.

5

In which of these countries is the natural increase rate likely to be the highest?

6

The "baby boom" generation was born in the immediate aftermath of __________.

7

What is the term used to designate the proportion of individuals of different ages within a population?

8

Aside from Sub-Saharan Africa, most of the world’s countries with the highest total fertility rate can be found in __________.

9

Which of these statements about the effect of improved healthcare on the population growth of a country is most accurate?

10

In the 1960s and 1970s in the United States, __________.

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