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Population and Migration Flashcards

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What is population?

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The number of people in a particular place

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What is population density?

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The number of people per km squared

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What is population distribution?

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How a population is spread out over an area

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What is birth rate?

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The number of babies being 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 live births and the number of deaths during the year.

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What does dense mean?

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Crowded closely together

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What does sparse mean?

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Widely spaced, empty

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What is a cluster?

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Grouped together

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What is an ageing population?

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The growth in the proportion of older people (usually 65 years and over) in the population

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What is population structure?

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The number of males and females of different ages in a population

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What is life expectancy?

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How long a person can be expected to live

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What is migration?

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The movement from one place to another

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What are immigrants?

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People who move into a country

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What are emigrants?

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People who move out of a country and into another

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What is net migration?

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The difference between both immigration and emigration in one country (maybe a positive or negative number)

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What is international migration?

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Migration across borders

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What are economic migrants?

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People that move from one country to another to advance their economic and professional prospects

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What are asylum seekers?

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A person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another country

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What are refugees?

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A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. A refugee has already received a positive decision from the authorities on their asylum claim

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What are illegal immigrants?

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A person who arrives in a country without permission

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What is persecution?

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Treating people badly because of their beliefs or race

24
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What are descendants?

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Relatives born after someone, such as children or grandchildren

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What does diverse mean?

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Having lots of variety

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What is a choropleth map?

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A map that is shaded according to a range of values presented in a key. They are shaded in using one colour, where the darker shades represent high numbers and the lighter shades represent low numbers.

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What is urbanisation?

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When an increasing percentage of a country’s population moves to towns or cities

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What is an urban area?

A

A town or city

29
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What is a push factor?

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Something that makes people want to leave an area

30
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What is a pull factor?

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Something that makes people want to move to an area

31
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What is a sector?

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A type of job or part of the economy

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What is a rural area?

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In the countryside

33
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What is a commuter village?

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A village, often with housing estates, close to a town or city. People live there but commute to work elsewhere

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What is a hamlet?

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An isolated cluster of houses or farms, usually with no shops or services

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What is a village?

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A community with a variety of houses, some shops or other services

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What does commute mean?

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To travel to and from another place for work

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How do you work out percentage increase?

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Work out the difference between the two numbers, divide that by the first number, multiply that number by 100

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