WORLD POPULATION VOCABULARY

• Population distribution: the arrangement or spread of people living in a given area; also, how the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age, race, or sex
• Population density: measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density
• Birth rate: total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year
• Death rate: measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time
• Natural increase: crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
• Infant mortality rate: refers to deaths of young children, typically those less than one year of age
• Life expectancy: statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex
• Birth control: allows us to prevent pregnancy and plan the timing of pregnancy 
• Dependent population: Group of people who, on the reference date, were in one of the following situations in relation to activity: unemployed looking for their first job, studying or carrying out non-remunerated household chores.
• Dependency ratio: measure showing the number of dependents, aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, to the total population, aged 15 to 64
• Family planning: the practice of controlling the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births, particularly by means of artificial contraception or voluntary sterilization
• MEDC: more economically developed country 
• LEDC: less economically developed country
• Population piramids/age-gender structures: graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing
• Replacement rate: percentage of a worker's pre-retirement income that is paid out by a pension program upon retirement
• Fertility rate: ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
• Ageing population: phenomenon that occurs when the median age of a country or region increases due to rising life expectancy or declining fertility rates.
• Overpopulation: situation in which too many people or animals live in an area
• Underpopulation: population lower than is normal

SELF-ASSESSMENT

What can I do that I couldn't do before?
Now I can talk better in English and I'm more sure of my self.
What did I like most?

I love the proyects that we have done and the lessons aren't borring.
What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?

My greatest strengths are vocabulary and speaking.
What did I do well?

I did well the proyects, and the vocabulary of the exams. I did all the homeworks too.
What am I confused about?

I think the blog confuse me a little.
What do I need help with?

If I need help in something I think it's in translation or a little of grmmar, but not so much.
What did I do in English outside the class?

I'm always listening to music in english, watching videos, and working with the blog too.
What do I need to improve?

I need to improve a little the translation.
What did I learn about culture?

I learnt some things about films, blockbusters, the Aborigine culture, the population and their movements...