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Population And Migration Flashcards

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Population

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The number of people living in a particular area

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Population density

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The number of people per square kilometre

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Densely

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Lots of people

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Sparsely

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Less people

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One area in the UK, that is most densely populated

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The West Midlands

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What are negative consequences of having too many children in a population

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The population growth could increase and go very high
Not enough money for each children to have good health care and education

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How have rewards been used in a country, trying to increase its birthrate?

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France:
People being paid to have babies- not having to worry about paying for a good education and good health
Can get free education

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International migration

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One country to another country

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Refugee

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Forced out of the country due to war

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Positive Impacts of migration

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Better diversity
Might have airports going to that country

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Negative impact of migration on the home country

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Birthrates fall and fewer babies are born

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Natural increase

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Birthrate-death rate

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Life expectancy

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The length of time on average that people can expect to live until in a particular country

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MEDC

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Narrow base, wider top
More economically developed countries

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LEDC

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Wide base, narrow top
Less economically developed countries

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Example of MEDC country

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Uk

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Example of LEDC country

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Haiti

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Chinas one child policy

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Families could only have one child

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What was the purpose of the one child policy

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To make sure that china could support its large population with facilities such as health are, education, housing, good jobs and most importantly, food.

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What was the aim of the one child policy

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To reduce poverty and to improve overall quality of life for the people

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