Geography Unit 2

Question 1

Demography?

Answer 1

study of population numbers, distributuion, trends, and issues.

Question 2

Birth rate?

Answer 2

yearly number of live births per 1000. Divide number of births in population in a year by mid-year pop.

Question 3

Death rate?

Answer 3

Yearly number of deaths per 1000. Divide number of deaths by estimated mid year pop.

Question 4

Natural increase rate?

Answer 4

difference between the birth and death rate. Calculation: Birth rate-death rate.

Question 5

Infant Mortality rate?

Answer 5

yearly number of deaths under 1 year old per 1000. deaths divided by number of live births multiplied by 1000.

Question 6

Child mortality rate?

Answer 6

yearly number of deaths under 8 per 1000.

Question 7

Immigrate?

Answer 7

to move permanently to a country.

Question 8

Immigration Rate?

Answer 8

number of immigrants per 1000. Immigrants divided by mid year pop multiplied by 1000

Question 9

Refugee?

Answer 9

person forced to leave their country.

Question 10

Emigrate?

Answer 10

to leave your country to live somehwhere else.

Question 11

Emigration Rate?

Answer 11

yearly number of people per 1000 who move elsewhere.

Question 12

Net Migration Rate?

Answer 12

difference between immgrants and emmigrants. Calculation: Immigration rate-Emmigration rate.

Question 13

push factor?

Answer 13

something that makes people want to leave their country. eg discrimination, unemployment.

Question 14

pull factor?

Answer 14

something that attracts people to another country. eg. freedom of speech, educational opportunites.

Question 15

population growth?

Answer 15

calculates overall growth of a countrys population. take the current population size and subtract previous population size. divide that by that amount by previous size then multiply by 100.

Question 16

life expectancy?

Answer 16

average life span of a population.

Question 17

baby boom?

Answer 17

large rise in the birth rate in late 1940’s in europe and north america because of world war 2.

Question 18

doubling time?

Answer 18

how long it would take for a countrys pop to double at that countries current rate of growth.

Question 19

population pyramid?

Answer 19

graph that depicts population distribution by age and sex.

Question 20

population density?

Answer 20

figure calculated by dividing pop of a region by that regions area

Question 21

population distribution?

Answer 21

patterns showing where people live in an area.

Question 22

what are demographic indicators?

Answer 22

birth rate, death rate, infrant mortality rate, net migration, population growth, GDP per capita, median age, and literacy rate.

Question 23

GDP per capita?

Answer 23

total income of a country divided by number of people in that country.

Question 24

median age?

Answer 24

age that divides the population in 2 parts of equal size.

Question 25

literacy rate?

Answer 25

percentage of pop of a given age group that can read and write.

Question 26

what are characteristics associated with developed countries?

Answer 26

low unemployment rate, equal pop per age, political stability, freedom, low migration, low birth and death rate.

Question 27

what are characteristics associated with developing countries?

Answer 27

high unemployment, unstable op, non accessible resources, citizens below poverty line, low life expectancy, high birth and death rate.

Question 28

dependancy load?

Answer 28

those of non working age. age 0-14 and age 65+ compared to the population aged 15-64.

Question 29

what are the immigration requirements?

Answer 29

age, education, language, work experince, arranged employment in Canada approved by HRDC,.

Question 30

how many points do you need to immigrate to Canada?

Answer 30

67 out of 100.