ESS Term 3 Exam Flashcards
Define demography
Study of Human Population
List 3 demographic processes that are responsible for population growth or decline
- Birth
- Death
- Migration
________________- refers to the ability to have children
Fertility
______________refers to the number of children born per couple or population.
Fertility Rate
Who has higher fertility rates?
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES tend to have a higher fertility rate than developing countries.
Why are fertility rates different from one country to another?
because of wealth, education, and urbanization
Developed countries - better wealth, education, and urbanization
True or False.
Mortality rates and Fertility rates are the same for all countries
FALSE
Mortality is the opposity of fertilityโฆ
Developed countries have HIGH fertility rates and LOW mortality rates
_________________ another word for death in population
Mortality
What is a second or secondary cause of population change?
Mortality (Death Rates)
Calculate the mortality rate of Africans if the population is 200 and the death is 10
Death โ Population
10 โ 200
0.05
or 5%
_____________ Moving from one place to another for a specific reason or reasons.
MIGRATION
Why do people migrate?
Environmental
Political
Economic
What are PUSH factors
Factors that cause people to EMIGRATE
because of difficulty, such as food, shortage, war, flood, etc.
What are PULL factors
Factors that cause people to IMMIGRATE
because of of something desirable, such as a nicer climate, better job opportunities, etc.
_____________ leaves a country to reside
Emigrant
____________________ A person who is entering a country from another to take up a new residence
Immigrant
______________________ A person who has been
forced to leave their country in order to escape war
Refugee
_______________ is the increase in the number of people who inhibit a state.
Population growth
_______________________ is defined as how quickly the
members of a group increase in number over a period of time.
Population growth rate
population change formula:
Population change = (Births + Immigration) - (Deaths + Emigration)
In Kuwait, last year, there were 2,5000 immigrants and 500 births. Sadly there were also 1, 250 emigrants and 250 deaths
Population change = (Births + Immigration) - (Deaths + Emigration)
= (500+2,500) - (250 + 1,250)
= (3,000) - 1,500
= 2
The recent increase in the world population due to the following reasons:
1- The INCREASE in BIRTH RATES due to medical improvements.
2- The DECREASE in DEATH RATES due to better medical facilities.
3- Immigration to better-developed countries due to several reasons like better job opportunities, wars, and natural disasters.
_____________________ is a term used to describe the very great and continuing increase in human population in modern history.
Population explosion:
__________________ a big group of people share and use money, goods, and services
Economy
