Population Flashcards
Push and pull factors
Push = reasons to leave a country
Pull = reasons to go to a country
Immigrants
People entering a country
Emigrants
People leaving their country
Refugees
People entering a country temporarily for safety
Immigration point system
Language (max= fluent in english and French 24 points) Education (max = PHD 25 points) Experience (6 years = 15 points) Age (18-35 = 12 points) Arranged job (10 points) Family (8)
How many points do you need to enter a country
67
35 if you’re rich
Population density
Population divided by area
Natural increase
Number of births- number of deaths
Net migration
Number of immigrants - number of emigrants
Population growth rate
Natural increase + net migration
Doubling time
70 divided by population growth
Dependency load
The people in the population that depend on the government. (0-18 and 65 +)
Population pyramid
Analysis
Importance?= lets us predict the future of the countries population and how to accommodate
BR reasons = high= developing country medium/low= developed
Population distribution
Concentrated
Evenly spread
Unevenly spread
Immigration cities
Toronto
Ontario, Quebec, BC
What has happened to immigration over time?
Immigration has changed because some countries have lots of push factors, Canada is bringing in skilled/experience workers from different countries
Types of industries
Primary= collecting resources (farming) Secondary= using resources (manufacturing) Tertiary= selling objects (malls) Quarternary= using technology to do research (music, writing)
Transportation
(Grey)
Highways, airports, seaports, railway
Commercial
(Red)
Business, restaurants, bars, stores, grocery, commercial strip
GDP
Agricultural
(Dark green)
Farmland, forest, green belt
Recreational
(Light green)
Parks, sportsplex, baseball diamond, local pools, marinas
Industrial
(Brown)
Factories, warehouses
Residential
(Dark yellow)
High density homes
(Light yellow)
Low density homes
Institutional
(Purple)
hospitals, schools, universities, police, fire stations, courts, libraries
Types of malls
Types of Mall : mini mall, local plaza, provincial mall, super regional mall
Natives called what?
First Nations
Order of goods
Low, middle, high