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Population Distribution
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- 1Balanced dietA combination of foods from each of the different food groups that gives the body the correct amount of the nutrients it needs
- 2Birth rateThe number of babies born per 1,000 of the total population in one year
- 3BusteePoor living area found in Culcatta; also called a shanty town
- 4Core regionCentre of economic power
- 5Crop rotationThe practice of changing the type of crop grown in an area from year to year
- 6CycleA series of events repeated in the same order
- 7Death rateThe number of deaths per 1,000 of the population from year to year
- 8DeclineA downward or reducing movement
- 9DemographerA person who studies population change and structure
- 10Demographic transition modelTheory linking population changes to developments in the economy, education and health care; also called population cycle
- 11Developing worldPoor countries with fewer services and low living standards, also known as the South or Third World countries
- 12DwellerA person who inhabits a particular place
- 13Family planningThe practicing of controlling the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births
- 14FluctuateTo rise and fall irregularly in a number or amount
- 15GlobalOf or relating to the whole world; worldwide
- 16ImpactThe influence or effect that something has
- 17IrrigationThe artificial watering of land
- 18PeripheryThe outer limits or edge of an area or object
- 19RapidHappening in a short amount of time at a great rate
- 20SanitationConditions relating to public health and the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal
- 21Selective breedingThe process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits
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- Balanced Diet, Birth Rate, Bustee, Core Region, Crop Rotation, Cycle, Death Rate, Decline, Demographer, Demographic Transition Model, Developing World, Dweller, Family Planning, Fluctuate, Global, Impact, Irrigation, Periphery, Rapid, Sanitation, Selective Breeding
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- Riona Stevenson
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