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2. Population & Migration Flashcards

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1
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What is the Crude Birth Rate

A

Number of births per 1000 population per year

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What is the Crude Death Rate

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Number of deaths per 1000 population per year

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How do we calculate the natural change in a population

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Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate

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4
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How do we know the Natural Increase and Decrease of a population

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Crude Birth Rate > Crude Death Rate = Natural Increase

Crude Birth Rate < Crude Death Rate = Natural Decrease

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5
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What factors Increase Birth Rate

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Children needed for work
Rural population
Short life expectancy

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6
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What factors Increase Death Rate

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High levels of Infant deaths
Large elderly population
Short life expectancy

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7
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What factors Decrease Birth Rate

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Artificial methods of Contraception
Later marriage
Compulsory education

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8
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What factors Decrease Death Rate

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Clean water supply
Vaccination against diseases
Improved nutrition

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9
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Why is the Demographic Transition model useful

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It is a simplification of population change within a country

We are able to compare population structure between countires & predict a country’s structure in the future

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10
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Why is the Demographic Transition Model not useful

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It is Eurocentric (based on Europe only)

It ignores migration and government population policies

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What are the 3 age groups used by geographers when studying population

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Youth dependant population (0 - 14 yrs)
Economically active population (15 - 64 yrs)
Aged dependant population (65+ yrs)

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12
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What is the equation used to figure out the dependency ratio

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Youth dependant + Aged dependant population/ Economically active population x100

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13
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What is a Emigrant

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People who leave a place or country

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What is an Immigrant

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People who enter a place or country

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What is the country or place form which the migrant begins called

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The origin e.g Syria, Pakistan

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What is the country or place which the migrant travels to called

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The destination/host country

17
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What are some Push Factors

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War
Famine/Drought
Corruption of Government
Natural disasters e.g tsunami, earthquake
Poor education
High unemployment
18
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What are some Pull Factors

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Better healthcare/education
More job opportunities 
Temperate climate (no extremes)
Better living standard
Stable government 
Higher wages
19
Q

What is an Asylum Seeker

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A person who has left their country, as a political refugee, and is seeking asylum in another

20
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What is a Refugee

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A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disasters

21
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What is an Economic Migrant

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A person who travels from one country to another in order to improve their standard of living

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