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Population Change Flashcards

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1
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What are the 5 stages of the DTM?

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High Fluctuating 
Early Expanding 
Late Expanding 
Low Fluctuating 
Decline
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What are the 3 lines on the DTM?

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Birth Rates
Death Rates
Total Population

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3
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What falls first Death or Birth Rate?

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Death Rate

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4
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What is on the x and y axis on the DTM?

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x=Time

y=Birth/Death per thousand

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5
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Why might birth rates drop in Stage 3?

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Decline in IMR

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6
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What are the four causes of population change?

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Agriculture
Urbanisation
Education
Status in Women

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7
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Explain how Agriculture affects population

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More food so lower Death Rate
Lower IMR because of better food
Lower Birth Rate because less children are dying because of better food

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Explain how Urbanisation affects population

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Better services in city so lower Death Rate

Do not have children for farming so lower Birth Rate

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9
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Explains how Education affects population

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People know how to be healthy and look after themselves so lower Death Rate
Better standard of living because they have jobs so lower IMR and Birth Rate

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10
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Explain how Status of Women affects population

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Women have freedom so have less children, Birth Rate declines

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11
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What is the gap between Birth Rate and Death Rate on the DTM?

A

Natural Increase

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12
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What stage of the DTM is a Youthful Population?

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2 and 3

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13
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What stage on the DTM is an Ageing Population?

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4 and 5

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Why does death rate fall below birth rate in Stage 5?

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An ageing population means that more old people are now dying of cancer and heart disease and most of the population is over 65.

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Explain the population in Stage 2 of the DTM?

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Birth Rates are high and Death Rates fall so population grows rapidly, causing a youthful population.

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16
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What do concave sides on a population pyramid suggest?

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High Death Rates
Youthful Population
Not many people over 60
High Birth Rate

17
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What do convex sides on a population pyramid suggest ?

A

Low Death Rate

Ageing Population

18
Q

What does a triangle pyramid suggest?

A

Falling Death Rate

19
Q

How can you see the life expectancy in a population pyramid?

A

How many bars above 60

20
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What are the sections in the Population Pyramid?

A

Non economically active sector

Economically active sector 15-60

21
Q

What is a cohort?

A

A bar on the sex age pyramid

22
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Why do poor countries have a youthful population?

A

There is a high IMR
Birth Rate is high because mothers have more children so one survives
High death rate because of poor standard of living

23
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What is ageing population?

A

Increasing larger percentage of the country is above 60 and the life expectancy is increasing

24
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Define dependancy ratio

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How many non econmical people depend on the economically active sector

25
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Give three economic impacts of an ageing population in the UK?

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  1. Grey pound, elderly contribute £215 billion
  2. Healthcare costs
  3. Increase of taxes for more people on pensions
26
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Give three strategies to an ageing population in the Uk

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  1. Welcome young migrant workers
  2. Increase retirement and pension age
  3. Provide healthcare in homes
27
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Define ant-natilst policy

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Policy to stop people having as many children (China one child policy)

28
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Define pro-natalist policy

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Policy to encourage people to have children (Russia sex day)

29
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Define migration

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The movement of people from one place to another

30
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Define forced migration

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Where people are forced to migrate because of war or natrual disasters

31
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Define voluntery migration

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Where people choose to migrate becasue of weather, employment etc

32
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Define refugee

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People who are forced to leave their home because of war or persecution etc

33
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Define asylum seeker

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A refugee who makes a formal aplication to stay and live in the country when they move there

34
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What is exponential growth?

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Where the population gowns incredibly fast and out of control

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