Unit 1 - Changing Population Flashcards

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What is population distribution?

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  • where people live
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What are human factors influencing population distribution?

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  • distribution of raw materials
  • government policies may lead to a redistribution
  • new town policies
  • conflict and war
  • migration of people
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What are physical factors influencing population distribution?

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  • fertile river valleys
  • places with regular supplies of water
  • good communications and the potential for trade
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What is population density?

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  • measure of how many people live per km2
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What is an HIC?

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  • annual income of over $12475
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What is an LIC?

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  • annual income of less than $1025
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What is an MIC?

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  • annual income between $1025and $12475
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What is an MEDC?

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  • more economically developed countries

- most developed countries that have a high standard of living

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What is an LEDC?

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  • less economically developed countries

- lower stage of development that have a lower quality of life

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What is an NIC?

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  • newly industrialised country

- countries that have experienced rapid industrial, social and economic growth since 1960

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What is a CPE?

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  • centrally planned economies
  • socialist countries under strict government controls
  • living standards higher than in LEDCs although personal freedom may be limited
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What are LDCs?

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  • least developed countries

- very low standards of living

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13
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What does population change include?

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  • birth rates
  • death rates
  • migration
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What does the general demographic transition model show?

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  • changes in birth rates and death rates over time
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How can natural increase be calculated?

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  • subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
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16
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What is the total fertility rate?

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  • average number of births per thousand women of childbearing age
17
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What is total fertility rate influenced by?

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  • status of women
  • level of education
  • material ambition
  • religion
  • health of the mother
  • economic prosperity
  • need for children
  • social and cultural pressure
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What is life expectancy?

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  • average number of years that a person can be expected to live
19
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What is dependency ratio?

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  • relates the working population to the dependent population

- (number of dependants/population(ages 15-64)) x 100

20
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Why is the men’s life expectancy usually lower than the women’s life expectancy?

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  • higher retirement age for men
  • heavy physical labour for men
  • greater likelihood for men of involvement in conflict
  • men lead more “self-destructive” lifestyles (smoking and/or drinking to excess)
21
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What do population pyramids show?

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  • population structure in terms of age, sex and ethnicity
22
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What is forced migration?

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  • the movement of refugees and internally displaced people
  • displaced by conflicts as well as people displaced by natural or environmental disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, famine or development projects
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What are conflict-induced displacement?

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  • people who are forced to mov due to armed conflict
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What are development-induced displacement?

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  • people forced to move due to large-scale infrastructure projects
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What are disaster-induced displacement?
- people forced to move due to natural disasters and human-induced disaster
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What is a refugee?
- a person residing outside his or her country of nationality, who is unable or unwilling to return because of well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a political social group or political opinion
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What is an asylum seeker?
- people who have left their country of origin in search of protection in another country, but whose claim for refugee status has not been decided
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What are internally displaces persons?
- groups of people who have been forced to flee their home, due to armed conflict, internal strife, systematic violations of human rights or natural or man-made disasters, and who are still living within their own country
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What is an ageing population?
- one with an increasing number of elderly people
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What is the older dependancy ratio?
- relates the number of working-age people to the older population that they support
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What are some advantages of an ageing population?
- elderly may have skills (including social skills) and training - some employers, especially supermarkets and furniture stores, prefer elders to younger workers - elderly may look after their grandchildren, allowing the parents to work
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What is a pro-natalist country
- a country that wishes to increase its population size
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What is an anti-natalist country?
- a country that wishes to limit its population size
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What are some family planning methods?
- contraceptives - forced sterilisation - abortion
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What is an anti-trafficking policy?
- UN 2003 protocol to prevent, support and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children
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What is a demographic dividend?
- the increase in proportion of adults in a population
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What are the benefits of the demographic dividend?
- increased labour supply - healthier women (lower fertility rate) - less social and economic pressures at home (lower fertility rate) - better health and educational outcomes for children (lower fertility rate) - economic growth
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What happens after the demographic dividend?
- the dependancy ratio increases again | - demographic dividend becomes a liability