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population and migration Flashcards

Year 7

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1
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What is birth rate?

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The number of people born per 1000 people

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What is death rate?

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The number of people who die per 1000 people

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What is population growth rate?

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The speed at which the population increases

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What is natural increase?

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The difference between the number of births and deaths in a year. It is negative when the number of deaths is more than the number of births

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What is a Cartogram?

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A map where territories are resized following the maps subject, eg. population

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What does projected mean?

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Predicted or estimated by what’s already known

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What is ageing population?

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The growth in the proportion of older people in the population

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What is population structure?

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How many males and females of different ages are in a population

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What is life expectancy?

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How long people are expected to live

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What is migration?

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Movement from one place to another

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What are immigrants?

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People who move into another country

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What are emigrants?

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People who move out of a country

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What is net migration?

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The difference between the immigrants and emigrants in a country

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What are descendants?

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Relatives born after someone

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What is persecution?

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Treating people badly because of their beliefs or race

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What is an economic migrant?

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Someone who migrates to earn money

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What is a social migrant?

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Someone who migrates for family or relations

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What is a refugee?

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A person who has been forced to leave a country to escape war, persecution or natural disaster

19
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What is an illegal immigrant?

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Someone who has arrived in a country without permission

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What is an asylum seeker?

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A person who has left their home country as a political refugee

21
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What is the OECD?

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The Organisation for Economic and Coordination development.

22
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What is an ethnic group?

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A group of people who share the same language, culture, religion or traditions

23
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Urbanisation is..

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… the increase in the number of people in towns and cities

24
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What percent of the UK live in urban areas?

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93%

25
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What is a sector?

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A type of job or part of the economy

26
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What are push and pull factors?

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Push: reasons that cause people to leave a place eg. a virus outbreak
Pull: reasons that attract people to a place

27
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Diverse means…

A

lots of variety

28
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Population Structure is…

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the number of males and females of each age group in each country

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