Part 1 Flashcards
(45 cards)
▪ Movement of people from one place to
another
▪ Reflects changing world conditions
Human Migration
Human Migration Impacts cultural landscapes of:
▪ Places people leave
▪ Places people settle
A type of human migration where it is moving within a state, country, or continent
Internal Migration
A type of human migration where it is moving to a different state, country, or continent
External Migration
A type of human migration where it is leaving a country to move to another
Emigration
A type of human migration where it is entering a new country to live
Immigration
A type of human migration where it is moving back to where you came from
Return Migration
A type of human migration where it is moving due to labor or climate conditions
Seasonal Migration
A category of people who migrate where it leaves one country to live in another
Emigrant
A category of people who migrate where it enters a new country to make a home
Immigrant
A category of people who migrate where it moves due to problems in their former home
Refugee
A reason for migrating where these are the problems causing people to leave (e.g., food shortages, war, floods) - negativity/adversity
Push Factors
A reason for migrating where these are the attractions of a new place (e.g., better jobs, climate, resources) - positive, attraction
Pull Factors
Three Reasons for Migrating
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Other Factor
Six Types of Human Migration
▪ Internal Migration
▪ External Migration
▪ Emigration
▪ Immigration
▪ Return Migration
▪ Seasonal Migration
IEEIRS
What are some other factors for the reasons for a person go migrate?
- Displacement by natural disasters
- Lack of natural resources
- Economic conditions
the study of human population, primarily how birth, death, and migration have an effect on their size, structure and development.
Demography
Demography (origin/context of the word)
From Ancient Greek
- Dêmos – people, society
- -graphía – writing, description
Literal translation: description of the people
Describe demography during Mercantilism (17th Century)
▪ Large population means economic
growth
▪ Economic growth means power
▪ Dense population lead economies
of scale and specialization in
manufacturing
▪ European populations began to recover from the Black Death (14th century) and previous plagues.
▪ The goal was to maintain a favorable balance of trade—exporting more than importing—to accumulate gold and silver.
Three Factors Affecting Population Change
- Migration
- Birth Rate
- Death Rate
the number of births per
1,000 people during a given year.
Crude Birth Rate
the number of actual births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44.
Fertility Rate
total fertility rate necessary to replace the current population (successor in the next generation).
Replacement level fertility
the average length of life that would be observed in a population considering the prevailing mortality risks at each age continued indefinitely.
Life Expectancy at Birth