S7 Topic 02 - Population

Question 1

Conurbations

Answer 1

A collection of urban areas that have grown together to form a continuous large urban area.

Question 2

Megalopolis

Answer 2

A very large and densely populated urban area made up of a number of smaller cities, often with ore than 10 million people, often in a line, or a very large urban area.

Question 3

Core

Answer 3

Economic centre within a wider economic system (densley populated, centre of wealth creation, highly-developed, positive net migration, working age people)

Question 4

Periphery

Answer 4

Economically distant from core, higher brith rates, but also high life expectancy. Less densley populated.

Question 5

Birth rate

Answer 5

Live births per 1000 of population per year.

Question 6

Death rate

Answer 6

Number of deaths per 1000 of population per year.

Question 7

Natural population growth (change)

Answer 7

Difference between birth rate and death rate. If positive, population grows.

Question 8

Fertility rate

Answer 8

Average number of children born to a female across her lifetime

Question 9

DTM

Answer 9

Demographic Transition Model - 5 Stages to describe, shows birth rate, death rate and total population.

Question 10

Dependency ratio

Answer 10

The proportion of people who are dependent (not-working) in relation to 100 working-age people. Think about its weaknesses!

Question 11

Ageing society

Answer 11

Increase in median age of a population, caused by low fertility rates .

Question 12

Taxation

Answer 12

Collection of funds for public services that will later be used to pay pensions and retirement.

Question 13

Retirement age

Answer 13

The age at which people stop working and receive funds from the state or privately.

Question 14

Push and pull factors

Answer 14

Factors that cause people to leave a location (source country) and draw them to a host country. Comes from the simple model.

Question 15

Schengen

Answer 15

Treaty which created an area free of internal border checks, important for the four freedoms in the EU.

Question 16

Frontex

Answer 16

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, supports EU Member States and Schengen-associated countries in the management of the EU’s external borders

Question 17

EU Blue card

Answer 17

The EU Blue Card is a residence permit for University graduates and third country nationals with specific professional experience, which facilitates and promotes the permanent immigration of highly-qualified workers to the EU from non-EU countries.

Question 18

Source/Donor region/country

Answer 18

The country from which migrants travel (e.g Eritrea to EU, Romania to Spain)

Question 19

Host region/country

Answer 19

The country to which migrants travel