Unit 2- Flashcards

Question

Five Population Clusters

Answer 1

East Asia ( China, Japan, South Korea -- 1/4 of World Population) South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh -- 1/5 of World's pop. ¾ of this in India) Europe (Western, Eastern, And Russia -- 1/8 of worlds pop in 4 dozen countries.) South East Asia (series of islands bet. Indian and Pacific Oceans) -- ½ billion. Indonesia = #4 pop in world) Eastern North America (N.E. US, and SE Canada) -- 2% of worlds population live here. 5% farmers (very urban))

Answer 2

maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain

Answer 3

The number of males per 100 females in the population.

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population growth at the national level that would occur even if levels of childbearing immediately declined to replacement level. For countries with above-replacement fertility (greater than 2.1 children per woman), population momentum represents natural increase to the population.

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limited resources limited space ....

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ancient civilizations short lives short and flat

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Cambodia, Laos, India, Sub-Sahara Africa, Afgahnistan living longer, but alot of death birth rate very high low gender equality (woman dont have choice) subsistence farming

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*LABEL OF YOUR SHIRT Mexico, vietnam, china, brazil, chile Birth rates now fall and death rates continue to fall. Natural increase remains high and population growth is rapid. The birth rates fall as there is better access to family planning and people have begun to appreciate the fact that families are expensive and that women are able to work. Death rates continue to fall as medical care, water supply and accommodation are improved.

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Less kids, live longer Europe, USA, Canada... Expensive to live, career oriented, birth control common, womans rights

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*more old then young Japan, Italy, Russia very expensive, anti-natalism policies, access to birth control, very career oriented.

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ALL SCREWED A British economist that concluded that the rate of population was growing at a faster rate than agricultural productivity leading to over population.

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ROBIN HOOD DISPERSAL IS WHAT IS NOT FAIR the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Karl Marx that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded

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"GOD GAVE EVERY MAN ONE MOUTH AND TWO HANDS" Population growth compels subsistence farmers to consider new farming approaches that produce enough food to take care of the additional people.

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MOVEMENT WITHIN A COUNTRY intraregional migration permanent movement within one region of a country interregional migration permanent movement from one region of a country to another

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international migration permanent movement from one country to another

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migrants who set up homes and/or work in more than one nation-state (People that may work in one country at one season, then in another another season)

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migration that changes in elevation agricultural reasons same are

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moving up the economic scale one STEP at a time ex- guatemala-MEX-USA$$$$

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moving to a place that you have family or friends

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multiple people moving together | *hard for poor people to all move together

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closer two things are/bigger they are the more likely they are to react

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farther less likely they are to react

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forced to migrate across INTERNATIONAL BORDERS as victim

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migration to escape political persecution

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refugees that do not cross inter. borers | STAY IN SAME COUNTRY

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dispersal of people

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more likely to go close then far

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the amount of people let in the country legally each year

Answer 29

1) Factors that stimulate migration: conflict, economic conditions, political strife, cultural circumstances, environmental change, and technological advances. 2) Migrants move on basis of their perceptions of particular destinations; distance affects accuracy of perception. 3) Migration usually takes place in stages. Rural-to-urban movement occurs in steps, often from smaller to larger centers. Migrants tend to relocate repeatedly after reaching their destination. 4) Voluntary migrants are stimulated by “pull” as well as “push” factors. 5) Forced migrations result from the imposition of power by stronger peoples over weaker ones.

Unit 2- Flashcards

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