Chapter+15+Population,+Urbanization,+and+Environment



Mortality – the incidence of death in a country’s population Although we didn’t see his death, Inigo Montoya describes how his father died. Twenty years earlier, Count Rugen had visited Montoya for a sword. He only paid a fraction of the cost agreed upon. When Montoya refused to give him the sword, Rugen killed him.

Natural environment – Earth’s surface and atmosphere, including living organisms, air, water, soil, and other resources necessary to sustain life The natural environment of the Thieves’ Forest was filled with trees and living organisms. There was air for the people to breathe and resources such as the trees and plants for them to maintain a living.

Urbanization – the concentration of population into cities The movie was set in a big city in the country of Florin. Other than that, they didn’t show any suburbs or other places where citizens lived. Most of the population in the movie was concentrated in that one city.

Fertility: the incidence of childbearing in a country’s population The society seems to be high in fertility rate because there are plenty of young adults in the society. One of the reason that Prince Humperdinck is allowed to marry Buttercup because she is expected to be very fertile. Judging by the young population of the society the fertility is very high.

Migration: the movement of people into and out of a specified territory There would be lots of migration that would take place if Prince Humperdinck took over Guilder. Not many people like Prince Humperdinck as a ruler and large amounts of people would move to a different country.

Suburbs: urban areas beyond the political boundaries of a city Buttercup does not live in the city of Florin but on a farm on the outskirts. It is technically in a suburb of farms surrounding the city. This is what a suburb would be like during this time period.