Population

Question 1

what is immigration ?

Answer 1

Immigration is the arrival of individuals into a new country

Question 2

what is Emigration ?

Answer 2

Emigration is the departure of individuals from a country

Question 3

How do you calculate net migration ?

Answer 3

Number of immigrans ( arrivals )

• number of emigrants ( departures )

Question 4

What is the profile of a migrant?

Answer 4

+ young ( 20 - 40 years old )
+ half are women
+ normally young single men and the women migrate for family reunification
+ skilled workers

Question 5

What are the types of migration?

Answer 5

permanent/temporary, legal/illegal, local/international, voluntary/forces

Question 6

What means of transportation do migrants use?

Answer 6

Boats, auto mobiles, trains, planes

Question 7

How did the evolution of transportation effect migration?

Answer 7

Migrants were able to travel increasingly quickly and at decreasing costs

Question 8

How did people get information about countries they wanted to migrate to during the 19th century?

Answer 8

news paper ads ect

Question 9

What are reasons people migrate temporarily?

Answer 9

seasonal jobs, business trips, tourism, studies, etc

Question 10

What are some types of temporary migration?

Answer 10

student mobility (students who study abroad), snowbirds (individuals who leave the cold in the winter) and tourism (people going on vacation and business trips)

Question 11

What is demographic growth?

Answer 11

it expresses the variation of a population over time

Question 12

What does it mean when a developed country is dealing with an ageing population?

Answer 12

the number of young people is falling while the number of old people is rising therefore these countries cannot ensure the replacement of each generation

Question 13

What is a refugee?

Answer 13

someone who is forced to leave their country

Question 14

What are political refugees?

Answer 14

immigrants that are forced to leave their homes because of a war or an unstable life-threatening political situation

Question 15

What is the international organization responsible for refugees?

Answer 15

The Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Question 16

When are refugee camps set up?

Answer 16

when a conflict results in the displacement of a population

Question 17

what do refugee camps supply?

Answer 17

a place to sleep, sanitary facilities, food, and medical care

Question 18

What is family reunification?

Answer 18

when people immigrate so they can join family members who have already settles in a new country

Question 19

What is an example of family reunification?

Answer 19

A father who immigrates to a new country to find work. Once he is settled he begins taking steps so that his wife and kids can join him

Question 20

What must one do if they want to reunify their family

?

Answer 20

they must obtain a legal status (citizenship or permanent residence) and they must then demonstrate that they can support the people they want to bring over (proof of financial support)

Question 21

Who can a Canadian citizen sponsor for family reunification?

Answer 21

a spouse, parents, children, etc (essentially any relative)

Question 22

What is the impact of migration flow on developing countries?

Answer 22

when a segment of a population leaves a country it solves the problem of over population and unemployment (less people=less people that are unemployed)

Question 23

Why does migration have a positive affect on the country of origin?

Answer 23

because migrants normally send money to their country of origin (to family members, etc) which helps the economy of the counry

Question 24

What is brain drain?

Answer 24

When the number of intellectual elite that are emigrating is growing

Question 25

What is the cause of brain drain?

Answer 25

students leaving less developed countries for a better education and remain in the receiving country because of difficult working conditions in country of origin and developed countries are always recruiting skilled labour from abroad

Question 26

What are consequences of brain drain?

Answer 26

immigrants facilitate the transfer of technology and knowledge to their country of origin (which raises education levels), immigrants send money back to country of origin (which helps economy), and not all emigrants return home (which causes their skills to be lost in the country of origin)

Question 27

what must someone do to be a legal immigrant?

Answer 27

they must meet government requirements and obtain the rights to stay in the country legally

Question 28

Whats clandestine migration?

Answer 28

immigrants who settle in a new country without following the rules of the receiving states (illegal immigrants)

Question 29

Why does clandestine immigration occur?

Answer 29

because immigration policies are becoming increasingly strict

Question 30

how do immigrants cross borders illegally?

Answer 30

by crossing the border at non-designated points or by using false papers to get past customs

Question 31

What are the five ways to integrate immigrants?

Answer 31

melting pot, segregation, interculturalism, multiculturalism, and assimilation

Question 32

what is melting pot?

Answer 32

combining different cultures in a melting pot so that theirs an appearance of a new homogeneous culture

Question 33

What is segregation?

Answer 33

when immigrants maintain their own culture without making an effort to participate in the receiving countries culture. They are encouraged to live apart of the rest of society

Question 34

what is interculturalism?

Answer 34

when a state tolerates and encourages cultural diversity but doe not offer all cultures an equal place. Promotes a dominant shared culture

Question 35

what is multiculturalism?

Answer 35

when a state considers that all cultures should be treated equally and makes efforts to preserve them

Question 36

what is assimilation?

Answer 36

an idea that thinks that all immigrants should give up their culture in order to adopt that of the receiving country (different cultures are rejected in favour of a single dominant culture which is deemed superior

Question 37

what is a diaspora?

Answer 37

a network of members if a given community living abroad that gather together and maintain a strong sense of community

Question 38

What is a megalopolis?

Answer 38

when multiple cities are growing so fast and are merging with each other

Question 39

what are characteristics of ethnic neighborhoods?

Answer 39

immigrants settle there so they’re surrounded by their culture, over time they develop into a community, they make it easier for immigrants to arrive, and they make it harder for immigrants to integrate into the rest of society