Population Flashcards

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What stage of the DTM does this population pyramid reresent?

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STAGE 1

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What stage of the DTM does this population pyramid reresent?

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stage 2

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What stage of the DTM does this population pyramid reresent?

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stage 3

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What stage of the DTM does this population pyramid reresent?

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stage 4

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What stage of the DTM does this population pyramid reresent?

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stage 5

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If some one is classified as dependant what age catergory are they likely to be?

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Dependants are those who are under 15 economically inactive or are over 65

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Ussually what is the age range of the economically active?

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15-65

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What is a youthful population?

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A youthful population is a population with greater number of children (under 15’s) compared to adults

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What is an Ageing population?

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An ageing population is a population with a higher number of over 65’s than working age adults and chindren

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What is an antinatalist approach to population control?

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To encourage people to have smaller families e.g. The One Child Policy

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What is a pronatalist approach to population control?

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Encouraging people to have larger families e.g. Singapore in 1987 introduced its ‘Have three or more if you can afford it’ Policy

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What is Natural change?

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Natural change is the birth rate of a country minus the death rate

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What is Migrational change?

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Migational change is the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants

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What is Natural increase?

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Natural increase is when the birth rate of a country exceeds the death rate?

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What is Natural decrease?

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Natural decrease is when the death rate of a country exceeds the birth rate

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16
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Who was Norman Borlaug?

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Norman Borlaug was the founder of the green revolution

17
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What does HYC stand for?

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High Yielding Crop

18
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Who would a subsistence farmer grow for?

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Himself and his family but only to sell if he had surplus.