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1
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What is the term for number of babies that die in a year

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Infant mortality rate

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2
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List 5 forced removals that we are aware of in history

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  1. The African slave trade where ppl from Africa were taken America to work as slaves
  2. 19th century, convicts shipped from Britain to Australia
  3. 1980, war in Afghanistan,6 million ppl across border
  4. 1972, idi Amin , expelled 50 000 Asians from his country
  5. 1845,, potatoes crop in Ireland failed, 1,6 mil ppl emigrated , over 1 mil ppl died
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4 reasons why there is a high infant mortality rate

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  1. Unhealthy or undernourished mother’s
  2. diarhoea and malnutrition
  3. poor sanitation and no access to clean drinking water 💦
  4. Exposure to infectious diseases, no access 2 medical help
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4
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What is the world average life expectancy of women and men

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Women 68yrs

Men 64yrs

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5
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Factors we must consider when looking at a world population

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Society
Space
Development
Health
Adolescents
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6
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How much no. do u have in your id

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13

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7
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Why is our id important

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It is our let accesse 2 banking facilities,and daily interaction with retail, medical aid, insurance, and travel

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8
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First 6 digets on your id are based on

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Your date of birth

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9
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First 6 digets on your id are based on

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Your date of birth

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10
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The next 4 digits on your id are based on

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Your gender
Females 0000-4999
Males 5000-9999

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11
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The didget C on ur I’d is based on

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If you’re a South African citizen or not
SA citizen-0
Permanent resident-1

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12
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The last didget Z is used as a

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Check sum

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13
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What formula do they use to check if ur sequence is accurate on ur id

A

Luhn algorithm

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14
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Crude

Nw

A

Still rough and not in its finished form

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15
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Fertility

Nw

A

Means the ability of a woman to bear children

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16
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500 yrs ago

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500 mil

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17
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50yrs ago

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2500mil

18
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Now how many ppl

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6300mil

19
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2050

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9000mil

20
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What happens when the population grows more

A

More and more ppl sharing space

21
Q

Population density

A

Number of ppl per 1square km of land

22
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What is a census

A

Detailed survey of the population

23
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Why do they do censuses

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Govt. Needs accurate information about their pop. to plan ahead

Find out how much males/females there are

Age and sex of each individual

24
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When do they do censuses

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Every 5-10 yrs

25
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Where do we register births

A

Dept. Of home affairs

26
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Register s

Nw

A

Sources of info of how a pop. changes

27
Q

What is the study of pop. Called

A

Demography

28
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To see how fast a pop. Is growing we look at

A

Migration
Fertility
Mortality

29
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Migration

Nw

A

Movement of ppl within and between countries

30
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How do u work out the net migration

A

Subtract the emigrates from the immigrants

31
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What has sa been experiencing since 1994

A

A net loss of ppl

32
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What r the push factors from moving from rural areas to urban areas

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Loss of jobs due 2 farming mechanisation

Soil erosion

Drought and famine

Poverty if traditional farming

Pop. Growth and overcrowding

33
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What r the pull factors from moving from rural 2 urban

A

Education

Medical services

Housing and welfare services

Work

High rise building’s

Self help groups to improve homes

Better services

34
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Half of SA pop. Live in urban areas

A 
GAUTENG
.Joburg
.Tshwane
. Midrand
. Vereeniging

WESTERN CAPE
. Cape town

KWAZULU NATAL
. Durban
. Pinetown

EASTERN CAPE
. Port Elizabeth
. Uitenhage
. East London
. Mdantsane
35
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Child mortality

A

Child die between 0-4yrs

36
Q

What do developed countries have

A

Advances in medical sciences
Medical discoveries lead 2 cures for infectious diseases
Adequate and balanced diet helps ppl bodies to develop and be resistent to disease

37
Q

How much do women out live men in Europe,SA, America

A

9yrs
7yrs
3yrs

38
Q

How much ppl that r e onomi ally active have hiv

A

20%

1 in 4 pregnant women

39
Q

700 ppl die daily from hiv/aids

T or f

A

T

40
Q

How many children r left orphanend

A

420 000

41
Q

Effects of HIV on South Africa

A

Women with HIV less able 2 fall pregnant

Fertility rate drops

Aids reduces average life expectancy

Mortality rate of women will increase(15-49)

Population shrinkage

More orphans

More of budget will be spent on health care

42
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Poverty

Nw

A

Means having no money

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