Population And Migration Flashcards

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How do you find population density?

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Population density= no. Of people ➗ set area

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Name examples of densely populated places

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Hong Kong
Rio de Janeiro 
New York
London 
Cairo
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3
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Name examples of sparsely populated places

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Antarctica
Siberia
Australian Outback
Sahara desert
Greenland
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4
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What is population distribution

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How people are spread out

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5
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Name the descriptions of population distribution

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Evenly spread out
Clustered
Randomly spread out

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6
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Name countries that have a low population density

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Finland
Sweden
Spain
Ireland
Greece
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Austria
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7
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Name countries that have a high population density

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The UK
Germany
Belgium
The Netherlands

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8
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Describe the population density on Europe

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It is uneven.
Places like Sweden,Spain or Greece have a low population density and are said to be sparsely populated.
Places like the UK, Germany or Poland have a high population density and are said to be densely populated.

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Explain the population density in Europe

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Countries like Sweden or Finland are sparsely populated because it is too cold.
Countries like Spain are sparsely populated because it is too hot.

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10
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What is migration?

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The movement of people from one place to another

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What is an immigrant?

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A person who arrives in a place

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12
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What is an emigrant?

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Someone who leaves a place

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13
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The place that a migrant begins in is called the ________

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Origin

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14
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The place the migrant travels to is called the _______________

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Destination

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15
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Name the four types of migration and explain them

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Rural to urban- moving from the countryside to a town or city
International- moving from one country to another
Internal- moving from one place to another within the same country
Temporary- moving to a place to work for a particular amount of time.
Usually sends money back to their family

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16
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What are the two Ps? And explain.

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Push factors- reasons why people leave a place.

Pull factors- reasons why people move to a particular area.

17
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What are the advantages of migration for NI and Poland?

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NI- new language introduced, new cultures, more employees

Poland- less pressure for food supply, more space.

18
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What are the disadvantages of NI and Poland?

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NI- they take all available jobs, too hard to understand, takes up all the space.
Poland- birth rate goes down, people leave their family,migrant gets bullied, migrant needs to learn English.

19
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Most migrants in NI come from where?

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Poland
Lithuania
Slovakia
Latvia
Portugal
20
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What is important in a flow line map?

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The width.

21
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What are refugees?

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Someone who is forced to leave a Country
Because of war,religious beliefs or environmental disasters.
They may be called asylum seekers.

22
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Name some push factors

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Lack of water supply
Soil erosion
Harsh climate
Poverty 
Crop failure
23
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Name some pull factors

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Hospital and health services
Factory jobs available
Education opportunities
Low cost housing
Job opportunities 
High wages
24
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What is the measure of population density

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People per squared kilometre (KM)