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Ch 16: Population Flashcards

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1
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What is demography?

A

Population

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2
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What is population?

A

Total no. of people living in an area

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3
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What is population density?

A

Average no. of people per km2

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What is population distribution?

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Spread of people in an area

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What is birth rate?

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No. of births per 1000 per year

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What is death rate?

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No. of deaths per 1000 per year

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What is natural increase?

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When births exceed deaths

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What is natural decrease?

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When deaths exceed births

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9
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What is life expectancy?

A

Low long a person is expected to live

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What is mortality rate?

A

Death rates

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11
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What percentage of the worlds population is in Asia?

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60%

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12
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What is a developing country?

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Poor, 3rd world eg. South Sudan

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What is a developed country?

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Rich, 1st world eg. Ireland

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14
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What percentage of the world lives in cities?

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60%

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15
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What is region?

A

An area

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16
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What is terrain?

A

Landscape

17
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What is emigration?

A

Movement out of a country

18
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What is immigration?

A

Movement into a country

19
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What is colonisation?

A

When 1 country controls another

20
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What does sparsely populated mean?

A

Low population

21
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What does densely populated mean?

A

High population

22
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What is resources?

A

Things used by people eg. Land

23
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Stage 1 (Name + Explain)

A

High Fluctuating Stage. High birth and death rates

24
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Stage 2 (Name + Explain)

A

Early expanding stage. Birth rate remains high but death rate declines

25
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Stage 3 (Name + Explain)

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Late Expanding Stage. Pop growth is less because parents are more educated

26
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Stage 4 (Name + Explain)

A

Low Fluctuating Stage. Wealthy country where parents plan families

27
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Stage 5 (Name + Explain)

A

Senile stage. Death rate is greater than birth rate

28
Q

List 6 factors of population change

A

Food supply, Health, War, Education, War, Women, Tech

29
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What is irrigation?

A

Supplying dry agricultural land with water through canals

30
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migration

A

movement of people

31
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individual migration

A

when a person decides to migrate

32
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organised migration

A

when people are forced to leave an area

33
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international migration

A

when a person moves countries

34
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regional migration

A

when a person moves within the country

35
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rural

A

moving from countryside to city

36
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push factors

A

things that push people out of any area

37
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pull factors

A

things that attract people to an area

38
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barriers to migration

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things that stop a person from migrating

39
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refugee

A

person forced to leave their home for fear of being killed

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