3.2- Economic Change Flashcards
What are push factors?
Factors that make people want to leave a country.
What are pull factors?
Factors that make people want to go to a country.
What are some economic pull factors?
There are better paid jobs.
There is better housing.
What are some migration pull factors?
Growth in jobs.
Better quality of life.
Better services.
Jobs are growing.
What are some economic push factors?
Low Pay.
Rural Poverty.
Lack of investment.
What are some migration push factors?
Lack of services.
Lack of opportunities.
What is Internal migration?
Migration within a country which is usually rural to urban.
What is rural to urban migration?
Movement from the countryside to towns or cities.
What is happening to the population in Detroit?
It is decreasing. From 1950 to 1990 it fell from 1.9 to 1.0.
Why has the population changed in Detroit?
The wealthier people have left to live in the suburbs outside the city.
How are Detroit’s car companies going out of business?
Detroit buys it’s parts from overseas, putting companies out of business.
How is New York’s population changing?
It starts to first of all increase, then it begins to slowly decrease and again it increases.
How much did New York’s population decrease between 1970 and 1980?
It decreased by about 1 million.
Why did New York’s population change?
New York have expertise in finance and employment there has risen.
What were primary activities like in the pre-industrial time?
The working conditions were very poor. People had to try and make money in the easiest way possible. Primary activities were very common during those times.
