Chapter 15 Term List

Section 1: Population 1. Census 2. Urban Population 3. Rural Population 4. Rate of Population 5. Center of Population 6. Demographers 7. Fertility Rate 8. Life expectancy 9. Net Immigration 10. Baby Boom 11. Population Pyramid 12. Dependency Ratio 13. Ethnicity Section 2: Economic Growth 1. Real GDP per Capita 2. Growth Triangle 3. Standard of Living 4. Tax Base 5. Domestic Problems 6. Foreign trade 4 Factors influencing economic growth 7. Renewable Resources 8. Capital-to-Labor Ratio 9. Labor 10. Entrepreneurs 11. Productivity 12. Labor Productivity a. Effects b. Causes 13. Affirmative Action Page 382 Section 3: Business Cycles & Fluctuation 1. Business Cycles 2. Business Fluctuations 3. Recession 4. Peak 5. Trough 6. Expansion 7. Trend line 8. Depression 9. Great Depression a. Depression scrip b. Causes 10. Causes of Business Cycles 11. Econometric Model 12. Index of Leading Indicators 13. Great Recession