Population And Migration Flashcards
How do you find population density?
Population density= no. Of people ➗ set area
Name examples of densely populated places
Hong Kong Rio de Janeiro New York London Cairo
Name examples of sparsely populated places
Antarctica Siberia Australian Outback Sahara desert Greenland
What is population distribution
How people are spread out
Name the descriptions of population distribution
Evenly spread out
Clustered
Randomly spread out
Name countries that have a low population density
Finland Sweden Spain Ireland Greece Estonia Latvia Lithuania Austria
Name countries that have a high population density
The UK
Germany
Belgium
The Netherlands
Describe the population density on Europe
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.
Explain the population density in Europe
Countries like Sweden or Finland are sparsely populated because it is too cold.
Countries like Spain are sparsely populated because it is too hot.
What is migration?
The movement of people from one place to another
What is an immigrant?
A person who arrives in a place
What is an emigrant?
Someone who leaves a place
The place that a migrant begins in is called the ________
Origin
The place the migrant travels to is called the _______________
Destination
Name the four types of migration and explain them
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