migration Flashcards

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census

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an official survey, of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs

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2
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civilian

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aznyone who is not a member of te armed forces

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demography

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the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages and cases of disease in a community over a period of time

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4
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indigenous

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(of people or things) belonging to the country in wich they are found rather than coming there or being brought there from another country

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5
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overpopulation

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the problem that an are has when there are more people living there than can be supported properly

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heritage

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all the qualities, traditions, or features of life of a country that have continued over many years and have been passed on from one generarion to another

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monarch

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the king queen, emporer, or empress of a country

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ancestors

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the people from whom you are descended

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distorted

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pulled into or appearing as a strange or unnatural shape

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amend

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to change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document

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deteriorate

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to become worse

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boom

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an increase in smth, or a time when smth becomes more popular

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diminish

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to reduce or be reduced in size or importance

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eradicate

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to get rid of smth completely or destroy smth bad

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15
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tail off

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to reduce in amount or become lower in level

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16
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compile

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1) to collect informqation from differnt places and arrange it in a book, report, or list
2) to change a computer program into a machine language

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considerably

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to a large, noticeable, or important degree

18
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integrate

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to mix with and join society or a group of people, often changing to suit their way of life, habits, and customs

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alienation

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1) the feeling that you have no connection with the people arround you that you are not part of a group

20
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intervention

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1) the action of becoming intentionally involved in a difficult situation, in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
2) an occasion when someone’s a problem or situation because the person’s beehaviours is unreasonable or harmful

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redefine

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to change the meaning of smth or to make people thick about smth in a new or differnt way

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onward

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moving forward to later time or a more distant (-further away pace)

23
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prredominantly

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mostly or mainly

24
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trace

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1) to find sm or smth that was lost
2) to discover the causes or origins of smth by examining the way in which it has developed