Going Global (Globalisation) - Keywords

Question 1

Define Death Rate

Answer 1

The number of deaths per 1000 people, per year in a region.

Question 2

Define Economic Migrant

Answer 2

A migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment. Migrants who already have jobs may set off in search of better pay, mor regular pay, promotion or a chamber in career.

Question 3

Define Internal Migration

Answer 3

The movement of people between different regions within the same nation. This is very common is poorer nations where many move from countrysides with little work into cities.

Question 4

Define Intervening Obstacle

Answer 4

Barrier to a migrant such as a political border or physical feature (e.g. Sea, family pressures and travel costs).

Question 5

Define Intervening Opportunity

Answer 5

An alternative migration destination that exists between the migrants place of origin and intended destination.

Question 6

Define Natural Increase

Answer 6

The difference between the birth rate and death rate, usually converted into a percentage. A negative figure suggests deaths exceed births and may be described as a ‘natural decrease’.

Question 7

Define Birth Rate

Answer 7

The number of births per 1000 people, per year in a region.

Question 8

Define Structural Adjustment Programmes

Answer 8

Strict conditions imposed on countries receiving loans from the IMF and the world bank. Receiving governments may be required to cut back on healthcare, education, sanitation and housing programs.

Question 9

Define Elite

Answer 9

A group of people who are economically and socially powerful. Their money may be inherited or entrepreneurial in origin.

Question 10

Define Foreign Direct Investment

Answer 10

A financial injection made by a TNC into a nations economy, either to build new facilities (factories or shops) or to acquire or merge with an existing firm there.