World issues

maximum population size of a given species that an area can support without decreasing its ability to support that same species in future

A Community of living things and its non-living environmental surroundings

Total value of goods made and services given within a country in one year

a document setting goals for greenhouse gas reduction and establishes trading in developed countries

a measurement of how evenly wealth is distributed among classes in society

# of births in a country for every thousand in the population

# of deaths in a country for every thousand people in the population

% of a countries population who are under 15/over 65 that must be supported by the independent, working population

# of people who permanently leave the country

# of people who permanently move into a country

# of children who die in there first year of life for each 1000 births

average lifespan a new born will have

difference between the birthrate/deathrate of a country

Difference between the immigration rate and emigration rate

the rate a countries population is changing

A graph that Summarizes the age and sex Structure of a population

Average # of children each woman will have in their fertile years

Total fertility that would produce a natuaral increase of zero

rule of 70: an estimate on how long it would take for a countries population to double

Temporary faiure to food production in a certain region leading to starvation and disease

A diet that includes too much/too little of one or more nutrients over an extended period of time

a lack of nutrients

to suffer from a total lack of energy and important minerals

Development that meets the needs of todays society without harming future generations

the application of biological processes to agriculture and industrial purposes

Facilities/istitutions that allow a society to function (transportation, education)

an organization that seeks to unite countries and prevent war

4 stages that identify the phenomenom of population changes in a country over time

2nd half of 20th century; high-yeilding crops of wheat/rice leading to increased yeilds. Has positive/negative ecological/economic impacts

traditional society, precontions to take-off, take off, drive to maturity, and age of high mass consumption

no technology, farm labour, not much trading

a beginning to developing manufacturing, accumalation of wealth

short stage, workers use machinary, more concentrated with new industry

long stage, standard of living increases, use of tech. increases

developed stage, economy rises, knows how to work with technology

Country with the largest population, one child policy

Country with the lowest population

a crop grown for sale rather than personal use

world trade organization

trade agreement america

trade agreement america

funding agency

genitcally modified organisms

orgnization of petroleum exporting countries

Canadian International development agencies

human development index

highly indebted poor countries

north american free trade agreement

organization for economic cooperation and development

non-governmental organization; world vision, red cross ect..

an american program where monetary aid was given to help rebuild the european ecomomies and prevent communisim

aims to forgive money owed by 50 poorest countries and focuses on the needs of the debtor rather than creditors

decides if any of 41 poorest countries should get debt reduced after successfully completing a 3-stage program (PRSP)

population growth encouraged by wealthy so people can be hired and fired easily

population will grow faster than food and population will remain sustainable due to external checks. ei war, disease

Tech. will not keep population from growing. People will become extinct as population grows

the best think for the planet is mass death of humans-we should not prolong life because it cause problems

If a population can not sustain itself with its own resources it is over populated. eg wealthy countries have less people but over use

all societies are capable of regulating their populations. Humans are able to forsee catastrophe and take adaptive action

tech will make new resources to replace natural depleting resources and population will survive

computer based model prediction based on current trend. natural resources will finish and renewables will be polluted or overused

we must change the way we live because resources have no where else to go. running out of space

carrying capacity can only frow at expense of environment. relationship btwn humans/nature

humans are overwhelming the earths natural regulatory mechnisms. earth will fix itself