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Population Density And Distribution🚹🚺 Flashcards

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Give the definition for: POPULATION DENSITY

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This is a measure of how many people live in a set area

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What is POPULATION DENSITY measured in?

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People per square kilometre (km2)

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What is the equation for working out POPULATION DENSITY?

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Number of people / area (km2)

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Explain HIGH population density

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-An area that has a HIGH population density
will have lots of people living in that space.

-Places that have a HIGH population density
are said to be DENSELY POPULATED.

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Explain LOW population density

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-An area that has a LOW population density
will have few people living in that space.

-Places that have a LOW population density are
said to be SPARSELY POPULATED.

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Give FIVE examples of SPARSELY POPULATED places on earth:

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  • Greenland.
  • Australian Outback.
  • Siberia.
  • Antarctica.
  • Sahara Desert.
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Give FIVE examples of DENSELY POPULATED places on earth:

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  • New York.
  • Rio De Janeiro.
  • Hong Kong.
  • Cairo.
  • London.
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Why do cities tend to be DENSELY POPULATED?

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Cities tend to be DENSELY POPULATED due to the fact that there are a lot of people in an area that is limited in size

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What is a CHOROPLETH map?

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A map that shows information by shading eg. The darker the shading, the more densely populated that country (place) is

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What do POPULATION DENSITY figures tell us?

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They tell us how MANY people live in an area

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Give the definition for POPULATION DISTRIBUTION:

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Describes the way people are distributed/spread around an area

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What are the THREE possible descriptions of POPULATION DISTRIBUTION?

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  1. Evenly spread
  2. Clustered OR
  3. Randomly distributed
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Give the definition for WORLD POPULATION:

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The total number of humans alive on the planet earth at a given time

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What is the WORLD POPULATION doing?

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Increasing

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Explain the rate at which people are born/die

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-Every second FIVE people are born and
TWO people die.
-That’s a gain of THREE people per second.

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Give the definition for MIGRATION:

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MIGRATION is the movement of people from one place to another

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Give the definition of an EMIGRANT:

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EMIGRANTS are people who LEAVE a place

- ‘E’ for ‘EXIT’

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Give the definition of an IMMIGRANT:

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IMMIGRANTS are people who ARRIVE in a place - ‘I’ for ‘IN’

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Give the definition for ORIGIN:

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The country or place from which the migrant begins

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Give the definition for DESTINATION:

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The country or place to which the migrant travels

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What does ‘en-route’ mean?

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‘En-route’ is what a migrant is described as being in between the origin and the destination

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Give the definition for INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION:

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This is the movement of people from one country to another

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Give the definition for TEMPORARY MIGRATION:

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This occurs when people move to work for a particular time before returning home. They generally send money to their families

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Give the definition for RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION:

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This is the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities

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Give the definition for INTERNAL MIGRATION:

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The movement of people to different areas within the same country

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What are the TWO options of why people MIGRATE?

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They either…

  • choose to migrate OR
  • are forced to migrate
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Give the definition for PUSH FACTORS:

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PUSH FACTORS are the reason why people leave an area, ie. What PUSHES them away from their home

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Give the definition for PULL FACTORS:

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PULL FACTORS are the reasons why people move to a particular area, ie. What PULLS them to a new place

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Give the definition of a REFUGEE:

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This type of migrant is someone who has had to leave their country because of fear of persecution because of their religion, race, nationality or political opinion

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Describe a FLOW LINE MAP:

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A FLOW LINE MAP tells us about the number of people as well as the direction. It is the width, not the length of the bar that matters

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Give SEVEN examples of PUSH FACTORS:

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  • High crime
  • Crop failure
  • Famine
  • Drought
  • Flocking
  • Poverty
  • War
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Give SEVEN examples of PULL FACTORS:

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  • Higher Employment chances
  • More wealth
  • Better services
  • Good climate
  • Safer, less crime
  • More fertile land
  • Lower risk from natural hazards
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Describe the IMPACT of migration

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Migration will have an impact:

  • on the place the migrant has left
  • on the place the migrant goes to

The effects of migration can be POSITIVE and NEGATIVE for both places!

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Why is the population for the UK lower than its major cities?

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Because there is MUCH more room for people to spread out!

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What is the UK’s population density figure?

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246 km2

36
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Why does climate affect where people want to live?

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Places that are too cold, hot, wet or dry don’t attract people to live there because it is hard to grow crops

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Give five examples of POSITIVE PHYSICAL FEATURES:

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  • pleasant climate
  • good food supply
  • open grassland for animals
  • good water supply
  • flat, gently sloping land
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Give THREE examples of POSITIVE HUMAN FEATURES:

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  • Money for investment
  • good roads, railways and ports etc.
  • Industry and jobs
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Give FIVE examples of NEGATIVE PHYSICAL FEATURES:

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  • Dense forest
  • Too wet or dry
  • poor soils, hard to farm on
  • steep slopes, hard to build on
  • poor water supply
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Give THREE examples of NEGATIVE HUMAN FEATURES:

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  • little investment and few jobs
  • lack of investment
  • poor transport links
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Why do Polish people leave Poland to come to Northern Ireland? (PUSH factors)

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  • Not as many jobs in Poland
  • Wages in Poland are low

(Just the opposite of PULL factors!)

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Why do Polish people come to Northern Ireland? (PULL factors)

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  • More jobs in Northern Ireland
  • Higher wages in Northern Ireland

(Just the opposite of the PUSH factors!)

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What are the ADVANTAGES for Poland (the losing country) when Polish people migrate to Northern Ireland (the receiving country)?

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  • More jobs available as less people are looking for a job

- Money is sent back from Northern Ireland; strengthening the Polish economy

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What are the DISADVANTAGES for Poland (the losing country) when Polish people migrate to Northern Ireland (the receiving country)?

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-fewer young people as many have migrated. This can reduce population growth

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What are the ADVANTAGES for NORTHERN IRELAND (the receiving country) when Polish people migrate from Poland (the losing country) to Northern Ireland?

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  • there are more migrant workers available to employers

- migrants bring specific skills that are needed

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What are the DISADVANTAGES for NORTHERN IRELAND (the receiving country) when Polish people migrate from Poland (the losing country) to Northern Ireland?

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  • migrants are sometimes viewed by some people as taking local’s jobs
  • more and more Polish speaking children need to go to school. This puts pressure on the number of school places available

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