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Population Flashcards

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1
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Push and pull factors

A

Push = reasons to leave a country

Pull = reasons to go to a country

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Immigrants

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People entering a country

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Emigrants

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People leaving their country

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Refugees

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People entering a country temporarily for safety

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Immigration point system

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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)
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How many points do you need to enter a country

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67

35 if you’re rich

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Population density

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Population divided by area

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Natural increase

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Number of births- number of deaths

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Net migration

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Number of immigrants - number of emigrants

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Population growth rate

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Natural increase + net migration

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Doubling time

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70 divided by population growth

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Dependency load

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The people in the population that depend on the government. (0-18 and 65 +)

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Population pyramid

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Analysis
Importance?= lets us predict the future of the countries population and how to accommodate
BR reasons = high= developing country medium/low= developed

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Population distribution

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Concentrated
Evenly spread
Unevenly spread

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15
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Immigration cities

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Toronto

Ontario, Quebec, BC

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What has happened to immigration over time?

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Immigration has changed because some countries have lots of push factors, Canada is bringing in skilled/experience workers from different countries

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Types of industries

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Primary= collecting resources (farming)
Secondary= using resources (manufacturing)
Tertiary= selling objects (malls)
Quarternary= using technology to do research (music, writing)
18
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Transportation

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(Grey)

Highways, airports, seaports, railway

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Commercial

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(Red)
Business, restaurants, bars, stores, grocery, commercial strip

GDP

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Agricultural

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(Dark green)

Farmland, forest, green belt

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Recreational

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(Light green)

Parks, sportsplex, baseball diamond, local pools, marinas

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Industrial

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(Brown)

Factories, warehouses

23
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Residential

A

(Dark yellow)
High density homes

(Light yellow)
Low density homes

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Institutional

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(Purple)

hospitals, schools, universities, police, fire stations, courts, libraries

25
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Types of malls

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Types of Mall : mini mall, local plaza, provincial mall, super regional mall

26
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Natives called what?

A

First Nations

27
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Order of goods

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Low, middle, high

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