Theme A- Living together in the UK Flashcards
What does having an ageing population impact ?
increased demands on the NHS
How has the UK become more diverse ?
A decrease in those identifying as white and an increase in multiple ethnic groups
How do we find out about the changing UK population ?
Census
Whats a census
An official survey done by the UK
How is religion changing ?
a decrease in those identifying as Christian and an increase in those identifying as muslim
whats a push factor
something that makes someone leave a current country
whats a pull factor
reasons to move to a specific country
2 examples of push factors
war and conflict/ natural disastors
2 examples of pull factors
better standard of living/ economic and work opportunities
whats an economic migrant
people who move to another country for economic opportunity
whats an asylum seeker
someone who sees themselves as a refugee but there application hasn’t been fully concluded
whats a refugee ?
a person who has to leave their country in order to escape war/persecution /natural disaster
2 benefits of migration
economic migrants help the economy grow/ migrants have specialist skills
2 challenges of migration
population growth puts demands on NHS/ rates of pay may reduce
how many countrys in the commonwealth
53