Population & Migration Flashcards
What is China trying to achieve through the One Child Policy?
Zero Population Growth
Which national policies would be indicative of a pro natalist program within a country?
Paternity leave
Historically, cities usually developed near
navigable waterways
Why is urban sprawl considered to be a problem?
It causes more traffic.
During the Industrial Revolution, people were motivated to move to urban areas primarily by
economic opportunities
What are the two most densely populated continents today?
Asia and Europe.
How does the demo. transition model explain change over time in the population of a country?
tracks birth and death rates
Stage FOUR of the Demo. Transition Model
Birth rate is low. Death rate is low.
Humans are most likely to heavily populate a _____ area
river delta
Period in the 1700s & 1800s, rapid cultural change, machines, and mass-produced goods
The Industrial Revolution
T/F. A country’s population can grow if it has immigration.
True
Urbanization is:
the movement from rural areas to cities.
World population growth is
slowing due to TFR’s
T/F. Asian countries are the dominant source for migration to Australia
True
What are push factors?
negative circumstances that make you want to leave where you live.
What are pull factors?
positive circumstances that make you want to move somewhere.
Regions are defined by:
formal, functional, or perceptual
Demographic Transition Model: high birth and high death rates
Stage 1 demographic transition
How does education for women impact fertility rates?
Education for woman cause fertility rates to decrease.
Birth rates remain high, death rates fall, happens in a DEVELOPING country
Stage 2 Demo. Transition
Refugee is someone…
who leaves a country for safety.
Where is the highest population density?
Around water
What is a slow growth population pyramid?
Fewer births and younger people, but more older people
Death rates fall rapidly due to increased hygiene and medical advances during stage ___ of the Demo. Transition Model
2
What is a rapid growth population pyramid?
The younger ages have more population.
What is negative/declining population pyramid?
Where the middle/older ages have more population.
What had the greatest impact on the growth of cities in the mid 20th century?
Highways
If the population is aging, what would be needed in this society?
Health/senior care
How did railroads affect US settlement?
It increased markets and brought urbanization to new areas.
What country received the most European immigrants during the 1600-1700s?
America
What is a formal region?
region where everyone shares one or more characteristics
What would be an example of forced migration?
Native Americans moving west.
Which is a good example of a functional region?
the area served by a local bus line.
Urban Sprawl is…
the unplanned spread of a city.
Name a country with a anti natalist policy during the 1900s
China
Natural Increase is…
When birth rates are higher than death rates.
What is an internally displaced person?
Left home, but has not crossed an international border.
