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Fertility
the incidence of childbearing in a country's population
Crude Birth Rate
the number of live births in a given year for every 1,000 people in a Population
Infant Mortality Rate
the number of deaths among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a given year.
Zero Population Growth
The level of reproduction that maintains population at a steady state.
Demographic Transition Theory
A thesis linking demographic changes to a societies level of technological development
Modernization Theory
is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between societies.
World System Theory
A model of economic development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor societies by rich ones.
Colonialism
the process by which some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nations.
Neocolonialism
a new form of economic exploitation that involves the operation of multinational corporations rather than direct control by foreign governments.
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