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VOCABULARY TO KNOW • Natural increase • The rate of natural increase (RNI) is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population. • Doubling time • The period of time required for a quantity to double in size or value • Literacy rate • Proportion of the population over age fifteen that can read and write • GNP • The total value of goods produced and services provided by a country during one year, equal to the gross domestic product plus the net income from foreign investments • • GDP • The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year • Per-Capita • For each person; in relation to people taken individually • Standard of living • The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community • Human development index • Composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" • Purchase power of parity • An economic theory that estimates the amount of adjustment needed on the exchange rate between countries in order for the exchange to be equivalent to each currency's purchasing power. POPULATION PYRAMIDS • http://populationpyramid.net/ ASSIGNMENT • Brainstorm connections between demographic information and social, political and economic factors that affect the demographics of a country or region. • Include in this discussion the treatment of minorities and women. 10 MOST POPULACE CITIES OF THE WORLD • http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.ht m • Where are the most populous regions or countries in the world? • (East Asia, South Asia) • What factors have contributed to these large population areas? • (Fertile land, etc.) • What factors would contribute to people migrating to another region or to a city? • (Natural disasters, disease, famine, political instability, industrialization, etc.)