Unit 4- Chaning Populations

Question 1

What’s an immigrant?

Answer 1

A person who moves to a country from another country.

Question 2

What’s an emigrant?

Answer 2

A person who leaves one country to move to another country.

Question 3

What’s demography?

Answer 3

The study of human populations.

Question 4

What’s birth rate and how is it calculated?

Answer 4

The number of births each year in a population per 1000 people.

of births/population x 1000 = birth rate

Question 5

What’s death rate and how is it calculated?

Answer 5

Ath The number of deaths in a population per year per 1000 people.

number of deaths/population x 1000= death rate

Question 6

What’s the natural increase rate and how is it calculated?

Answer 6

The birth rate minus the death rate.

Question 7

What’s the immigration rate?

Answer 7

Number of immigrants moving to a country per year per 1000 people.

of immigrants/population x 1000= immigration rate

Question 8

What’s the emigration rate?

Answer 8

Number of emigrants leaving the country per year per 1000 people.

of emigrants/population x 1000= emigration rate

Question 9

What’s the net migration rate and how is it calculated?

Answer 9

Immigration rate minus the emigration rate.

Question 10

What’s the population growth rate and how is it calculated?

Answer 10

The natural increase rate plus the net migration rate.

Question 11

What’s doubling time?

Answer 11

The length of time for a country’s population to double at a particular population growth rate.

Question 12

What’s rule of 70?

Answer 12

A simple calculation to estimate doubling time

70/population growth rate

Question 13

What’s a push factor?

Answer 13

A reason that encourages people to move away rom their current country. This could be trivial (weather) or serious (war, poor environmental conditions, desperate economic problems)

Question 14

What’s a pull factor?

Answer 14

A reason that makes a a particular country seem attractive to potential immigrants. This may include economic and educational opportunities and political stability.

Question 15

What’s the skilled worker class for immigration?

Answer 15

Potential skilled worker immigrants are judges on points system. High-demand occupations (engineers, doctors, nurses, technicians)

Question 16

What’s the skilled trades class for immigration?

Answer 16

Only certain trades people accepted (electricians, plumbers, machinists, mine workers). Pass-or-fail system, a person must meet 4 conditions: 1. Job offer in Canada 2. Strong enough language skills 3. Two or more years of experience in trades in trade 4. Qualified to do job by Canadian standards.

Question 17

What’s Canadian Experience class for immigration?

Answer 17

Accept immigrants who have legally worked in Canada under a temporary worker program for at least 1 yr. it’s pass-or-fail system but a job offer is not required.

Question 18

What’s a start-up visa for immigration?

Answer 18

A person must want to start a business in Canada. Must meet 4 criteria to be accepted;

1. Must show that approved Canadian investors will fund their idea
2. Must demonstrate a high degree of English or French
3. At least 1yr. Post secondary education
4. Must be able to support themselves

Question 19

What’s a temporary forgiven worker program?

Answer 19

Professional athletes to workers in fast-food restaurants qualify for these especially in places where employment rates are low. Some then qualify for the Canadian experience class.

Question 20

What’s the family class for immigration?

Answer 20

Citizens/permanent residents of Canada are allowed to sponsor family members who want to live in Canada.

Question 21

What’s a refugee?

Answer 21

Someone who moves to another country because of fear of cruel or inhumane treatment in his/her home country as a result of race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.

Question 22

What’s the refugee class for immigration?

Answer 22

Each refugee claim judges on its merits, and majority of claims are rejected.

Question 23

Where do most immigrants settle in Canada?

Answer 23

Toronto, Ontario.

Question 24

What’s intraprovincial migration?

Answer 24

When people move within a province.

Question 25

What’s interprovincial migration?

Answer 25

When people move from province to province.

Question 26

Do more people move interprovincial or intraprovincial?

Answer 26

Intraprovincial.

Question 27

What’s a population pyramid?

Answer 27

A type of graph that shows population distribution by age and gender.

Question 28

What’s the dependency load?

Answer 28

The percentage of the population that is non-working. Younger than 15 and older than 65

Question 29

What is total fertility rate?

Answer 29

The total fertility rate (TFR) is he average number of children born to a women in her lifetime.

Question 30

What’s the demographic transition model?

Answer 30

A model used to describe the change from high birth rate and high death rate demographic pattern to low birth rate and low death rate pattern.

Question 31

What caused demographic transition?

Answer 31

• development and improvement in agriculture
• move from rural to urban life
• growth and understanding of disease prevention and cures
• changes to roles of women in society
• changes to attitude of family size

Question 32

Explain stage 1 of the demographic transition model.

Answer 32

Birth and death rates high but similar. An average women had 6-10 children. The population grew a little. Many people were dying from disease, poor nutrition, and contaminated drinking water.

Question 33

Explain strange 2 of the demographic transition model.

Answer 33

High birth rate and death rate drops. More farmers involved in commercial food production. There were fewer diseases and improved food security. More people moved to urban centres to find work.

Question 34

Explain stage 3 of the demographic transition model.

Answer 34

Death rate drops below 10/1000 while birth rate drops quickly. Less children being born. Less human power more machinery in agriculture.

Question 35

Explain stage 4 of the demographic transition model.

Answer 35

Birth and death rate stabilize below 10/1000. The TFR (total fertility rate) and RR (replacement rate) should be that same which would result in a stable population. Move to cities has ended.

Question 36

What’s the replacement rate (RR)?

Answer 36

The TFR (total fertility rate) that will result in a stable population. The RR is usually 2.1.

Question 37

What’s population implosion?

Answer 37

A dramatic decline in population; the opposite of a population explosion.

Question 38

What’s demographic trap?

Answer 38

The situation in which a country’s population growth rate is so high that the country is not able to develop economically and socially

Question 39

What’s fragile state?

Answer 39

A poor country that is not able to respond to crisis that may occur in its food supply, health care, or other critical systems.

Question 40

What’s group 1 for population and poverty

Answer 40

Post transition stage of the demographic transition model. Birth and death rates low and not changing much. Most people have a high standard of living.

Question 41

What’s group 2 of population and poverty?

Answer 41

Stage 3 of demographic transition model and have progress towards stage 4. Death rates dropped and birth rates approaching post-transition

Question 42

What’s group 3 of population and poverty?

Answer 42

Later part of stage 2/early part of stage 3. Death rates dropped and birth rates high. Little money available to pay for education and health.

Question 43

Whats an NGO ?

Answer 43

Non-governmental organization- a private not-for-profit organization that works to achieve particular social, environmental, or political goals.