Unit 4 Population Flashcards
What does a population pyramid show?
It’s a graph showing the population by age & sex
What are the 4 population pyramids and their shapes?
1) rapid growth - teepee shape
2) slow growth - triangle shape
3) zero growth - rectangle shape
4) negative growth - inverted triangle shape
What are treaties ?
An official agreement between the federal government & First Nations whereby the aboriginal people give up their land right except for reserves and they accept treaty money.
What are the types of aboriginals and First Nations ?
1) First Nations - status Indian, non status Indian and treaty Indians.
2) Inuit
3) métis
What challenges are First Nations in Canada suffering today?
- 86% live in Nunavut with a smaller population which give s a lower dependency load
- less jobs and not a lot of education
- lack of basic needs like agriculture
What’s are pull factors ? Give examples
A factor that draws someone into the country
- examples : better jobs & education, lower taxes, closer to family and desirable climate
What are push factors? Give examples.
Factors drawing you out of the country
Examples: terriosm/war, natural disasters, & bad education and jobs
What are interverting obstacles? Give examples
Factors that get in the way of migration.
Examples: distance between Canada & homeland, cost of immigration, meeting requirements of Canadian government.
What’s an economic immigrant?
Category of Canadian citizen done by establishing a business, buying a business or making investments
What’s a family immigrant?
Immigrants that move to Canada to be with family. They must be sponsored by a family member
What’s a refugee?
Someone who fears cruel or inhuman do treatment such as persecution for reason like race, religion & political opinion.
What’s a band?
An aboriginal group recognized by the Canadian government
The formula that is used to calculate the doubling time is: ______________
Rule of 70
From where will the future immigrants to Canada likely come?
They will come from Asia, South America, and Africa
Define the term baby boom
It is when there were many births at once causing the birth rate to rapidly/sharply increase. These babies were born from 1946-1961
