Demography- K

Question 1

Birth rate

Answer 1

The number of live births per thousand of population per year

Question 2

Total fertility rate

Answer 2

the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years

Question 3

Death rate

Answer 3

deaths per 1,000 individuals, per year

Question 4

Life expectancy

Answer 4

the average number of years a person can expect to live based on current mortality rates

Question 5

Healthy life expectancy

Answer 5

Average number of years that a person can expect to live in “full health”

Question 6

Dependency ratio

Answer 6

the proportion of the population that is dependent on the welfare state in comparison with the proportion of the population in employment

Question 7

Pensions time bomb

Answer 7

how demographic changes will cause a rise in the percentage of people entitled to a pension

Question 8

Migration

Answer 8

the act of moving from one geographical location to another

Question 9

Emigration

Answer 9

the relocation or process of people leaving one country to reside in another

Question 10

Net migration

Answer 10

the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants

Question 11

Globalisation

Answer 11

an ongoing process that involves interconnected changes in the economic, cultural, social, and political spheres of society

Question 12

Super diversity

Answer 12

very much diversity

Question 13

Citizens

Answer 13

a status bestowed on those who are full members of a community

Question 14

Denizens

Answer 14

a group of people permanently resident in a foreign country, but only enjoying limited partial rights of citizenship

Question 15

Helots

Answer 15

migrant that is seen to be a disposable unit of labour (slave)

Question 16

Hybrid identities

Answer 16

a product of the fusion of two or more types of identity

Question 17

Hierarchical identities

Answer 17

the ranking of members in social groups based on the power, influence, or dominance they exhibit

Question 18

Assimilation

Answer 18

the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society

Question 19

Multiculturalism

Answer 19

the acceptance of different cultures in a society and the active support of these cultural differences

Question 20

Shallow diversity

Answer 20

describes the individual differences that are visible

Question 21

Deep diversity

Answer 21

evaluates individual differences that are not visible. These characteristics describe attitudes, values, beliefs, and opinions