Population And Migration

Question 1

What is crude brith rate

Answer 1

The number of live births per thousand of the population per year

Question 2

What is crude death rate

Answer 2

Total number of deaths per thousand of the population per year

Question 3

Natural increase is when?

Answer 3

The birth rate is higher than the death rate. The amount the population increases by is called natural increase.

Question 4

Natural decrease is when?

Answer 4

The death rate is higher than the birth rate. The amount the population decreases by is natural decrease.

Question 5

What does the word model mean?

Answer 5

A theoretical framework that allows us to predict things/events

Question 6

What is the demographic transition model

Answer 6

Demographic-population
Transition-change over time

Question 7

What is a population structure

Answer 7

The composition of the people living in a country

Question 8

What is a population pyramid

Answer 8

A graph showing the structure of a population by comparing relative numbers of people in different age groups

Question 9

How is information displayed on a population pyramid

Answer 9

1. A series of horizontal bars which represents 5 age groups, e.g. 0-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 15-19 years, 20-24 years etc.
2. Two sides - left side usually shows males and the right hand side usually shows females.
3. The numbers along the bottom represent how many are in each bar - sometimes this is the actual number in each gender and age group but often is an age percentage of people in the total population who are in this category.

Question 10

Dependency

Answer 10

There are 3 age groups

Youth dependent
Aged dependent
Economically active

Question 11

What is migration?

Answer 11

Migration is the permanent or semi permanent movement of people from one place of residency to another

Question 12

An emigrant is

Answer 12

Someone who is migrating out of country

Question 13

An immigrant is

Answer 13

Someone who is moving into a country

Question 14

Immigration is?

Answer 14

I for in

Question 15

Emigration is?

Answer 15

E for exit

Question 16

What are push factors

Answer 16

Any negative aspects or qualities of a place which causes people to leave it.

Question 17

What are pull factors

Answer 17

Any attractive/positive aspects or quality’s of a place that attracts (pulls) migrants to it
Examples of pull factors - taxes,safe, Jon opportunities, nice weather

Question 18

What are asylum seekers?

Answer 18

An asylum seeker is someone who has left their home country seeking asylum in another but hasn’t been granted refugee status.

Question 19

What does the word asylum mean?

Answer 19

Protection or shelter

Question 20

What are refugees

Answer 20

A refugee is someone who has been forced to leave their home country and move to another and has applied for and been granted refugee status by the destination country

Question 21

What does the term internally displaced person (idp) mean?

Answer 21

Someone who is forced to flee their home by remaining within countries borders

Question 22

An economic migrant is someone who?

Answer 22

Leaves their country due to poor economical conditions and moved to another in search for work to improve the quality of life

Question 23

Describe a typical economic migrant

Answer 23

Anyone looking for a job. There is no economical migrant

Question 24

Case study-Migrants to Greece

Answer 24

There has been civil war in Syria since 2011. This has resulted in many Syrian people having to flee their homes. Of syrias 22 million people, 6 million people are internally displaced and 4.8 million have fled abroad

Syria shares a land border with turkey. In 2011 8000 Syrian migrants fled to turkey. By 2014 there were 815 000

Many want to make their way to Northern European countries like Germany, Sweden and the uk, to be united with their family members.

St the same time, migrants from Afghanistan and African countries like Somalia, have arrived, escaped war and poverty, and trying to enter Europe.

As the number of migrants has increased so have the barriers to migration. Some of these are physical- like the building of fenced along the southern border of Hungary others are human barriers like, caps on the number of people entering

In 2016, between January and August -170000 migrants have arrived in Greece (25% of these were children)
Numbers have slowed, but in 2019 there were still 75000.

Question 25

Challenges that’s the migrants of Greece face.

Answer 25

Dangerous journeys and people smugglers. Around 441 people died in 2016 making the crossing from turkey to the Greek island. People smugglers charge a lot of money and pit people into overcrowded boats.

The refugee camps and local population were overwhelmed by the number of people. Camps like Moira camp in lesbos housed 20000 people but it was built to house 3000. Shipping containers were converted into living accommodations - with 30 people living inside each. During the Covid pandemic there was no chance for social distancing or good hygiene.

They found their way blocked - they could not get any further because of a visa barrier, so their lives are on hold now. They have limited education opportunities in the camps for the children amd no chance to put roots down and get a job.

Question 26

What challenges do Greece face?

Answer 26

Anti immigrant groups have been on the ride in Greece. These have been racist attacks on migrants by the supporters of Greece’s neo-Nazi group golden dawn party.

With high unemployment rates, standing at over 25% overall and 50% youth - Greece has one of the weakest economy’s in the eu, living conditions and overcrowding have to be tackled but it is difficult.