Population and migration Flashcards
What is population density
A measurement of population per area
What is densely populated area
A lot of people live there
What is a sparsely populated area?
Not many people live here
What is the natural increase
When birth rate is higher than the death rate
What is natural decrease?
When the death rate is higher than the birth rate
Lets say the UK birth rate is (12) and the death rate is (9) how do you solve the natural increase
12-9=3
What is birth rate
The total number of live births per 1000 of the population per year
What is death rate?
Is the total number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year
What does LEDC mean
Less economically developed country
What does MEDC mean
more economically developed country
What is migration
The permanent or semi permanent movement of people from one place to another
What does immigrants mean?
Someone who arrives in a country to live and work permanently
What does Emigrant mean
Someone who leaves a country and moves to another country to live and work permanently
Whats the difference between immigrants and Emigrants
(Emigrant) E = exit
(Immigrant) I= inter
What’s a push factor?
The reason why people want to leave a place
What’s a pull factor
The reasons why people want you To move to a place
What is rural to urban migration?
moving From the countryside to the town/city
What is urban to Rural migration
Leaving the cities for the peace of the countryside
What are refugees?
Someone who has been forced to leave their home country and move to another, and has applied for granted refugee status by their destination
What are asylum seekers
Someone who has left their home country, seeking asylum in another, but was not yet been granted refugee status
What are economic migrants
Someone who Leaves the country due to poor economic conditions, and to another search of work to improve their quality of life
Give 2 push and pull factors
Push: war and no jobs
Pull: better pay education
If the population pyramid has a narrow base, that shows that the birth rate is
Low
If the population pyramid is Wide in the middle. This means that the death rate is
Low
