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Population And Migration Flashcards

1
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What is world population?

A

The total of humans alive on the planet earth at one time

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2
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How often do people die and babies born?

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Every second 2 people die and 5 babies are born

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What is the birth rate?

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The number of babies born per 100 people in a country each year

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What is the death rate?

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The number of people who die per 100 people in a country each year

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5
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What is the natural increase?

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Birth rate minus death rate

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6
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A population explosion has been caused by…

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Developing countries having higher birth rates
Death rates have fallen in well-developed countries due to advances in medical science
The number of countries that are economically sound and well developed countries had risen in the past 100 years

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7
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What do we use population density for?

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A measure of how many people live in a set area

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What is population density measured in?

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People per square kilometre (km2)

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9
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Densely populated is..

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Places with a high population density

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10
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Sparsely populated is..

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Places with a low population density

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Name some densely populated places

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Cairo
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Hong Kong

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12
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Name some sparsely populated places

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Sahara Desert
Greenland
Siberia
Antarctica
Australian Outback
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13
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What is the population distribution?

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The way people are distributed around an area

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14
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Name some ways that the population could be spread

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Evenly spread
Clustered around one specific location
Randomly distributed

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15
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Factors effecting birth rates

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Health care
Cures/medicines
Teen mums
Education
Late marriage
Career mums
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16
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Factors effecting death rates

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Poverty/wealth
Medicines
Accidents
Addictions
Diseases
Suicide/murder
17
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What is migration

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Migration is the movement of people from one place to another to live and work for at least a year

18
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International Migration

A

Moving from one country to another

19
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Internal(national) Migration

A

Moving from one place to another within the same country

20
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Urban to Rural Migration

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Moving from the city to the countryside

21
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Rural to Urban Migration

A

Moving from the countryside to the city

22
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Voluntary Migration

A

Choosing to leave for yourself

23
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Forced Migration

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People have no choice because of violence, threat, natural disasters and wars

24
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Physical Factors Effecting Distribution…

A 
Climate
Farmland
Natural Disasters 
Atmosphere
Water Supply
25
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Human Factors of Distribution…

A 
Transport 
Education 
Healthcare 
Employment
Trade
26
Q

Positive reasons for sparsely populated areas…

A

More available healthcare
Less stress on schools
Easier to get a house

27
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Negative reasons for sparsely populated areas…

A

Not enough people to do the jobs needing done

28
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Human reasons for sparsely populated areas…

A

Isolated areas with poor transport
Few jobs
Lack of resources

29
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Physical reasons for sparsely populated areas…

A

Steep slopes
Harsh climate
Dense forest
Dry conditions

30
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Positive reason for densely populated areas…

A

More working age poeple

31
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Negative reasons for densely populated areas…

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Not enough jobs
Stress on healthcare
Stress on schools
Harder to find homes

32
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Physical reasons for densely populated areas…

A

Good climate

Good water supply

33
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Human reasons for densely populated areas…

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Good trade
Good education
Good employment
God transport links

34
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Immigration

A

Moving into a place

35
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Emigration

A

Moving out a of place

36
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Push Factors for emigration

A 
Bad weather
Natural disaster target
Poverty
High tax
Disease spreading
37
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Pull Factors for immigration

A 
Better education
Better job (more money, holidays)
New experiences
Better government
Good weather
38
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Impact of Migration on the donor country

A 
Loss of skilled workers
Working age people leave (less tax)
Lower birth rates
Economy declines
Gives people more job opportunities
Families are divided
39
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Impacts of migration on the host country

A 
Not guaranteed a job (higher unemployment)
More children (stress on schools)
Not enough money for a home
More skilled workers
More taxes for the government
Cultural diversity 
Over population
Migrants sending money home (remittances)
Economy increases
Healthcare under more pressure
Cheap labour
Pressure on housing

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