Unit 4 Population

Question 1

What does a population pyramid show?

Answer 1

It’s a graph showing the population by age & sex

Question 2

What are the 4 population pyramids and their shapes?

Answer 2

1) rapid growth - teepee shape
2) slow growth - triangle shape
3) zero growth - rectangle shape
4) negative growth - inverted triangle shape

Question 3

What are treaties ?

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

What are the types of aboriginals and First Nations ?

Answer 4

1) First Nations - status Indian, non status Indian and treaty Indians.
2) Inuit
3) métis

Question 5

What challenges are First Nations in Canada suffering today?

Answer 5

• 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

Question 6

What’s are pull factors ? Give examples

Answer 6

A factor that draws someone into the country

- examples : better jobs & education, lower taxes, closer to family and desirable climate

Question 7

What are push factors? Give examples.

Answer 7

Factors drawing you out of the country

Examples: terriosm/war, natural disasters, & bad education and jobs

Question 8

What are interverting obstacles? Give examples

Answer 8

Factors that get in the way of migration.

Examples: distance between Canada & homeland, cost of immigration, meeting requirements of Canadian government.

Question 9

What’s an economic immigrant?

Answer 9

Category of Canadian citizen done by establishing a business, buying a business or making investments

Question 10

What’s a family immigrant?

Answer 10

Immigrants that move to Canada to be with family. They must be sponsored by a family member

Question 11

What’s a refugee?

Answer 11

Someone who fears cruel or inhuman do treatment such as persecution for reason like race, religion & political opinion.

Question 12

What’s a band?

Answer 12

An aboriginal group recognized by the Canadian government

Question 13

The formula that is used to calculate the doubling time is: ______________

Answer 13

Rule of 70

Question 14

From where will the future immigrants to Canada likely come?

Answer 14

They will come from Asia, South America, and Africa

Question 15

Define the term baby boom

Answer 15

It is when there were many births at once causing the birth rate to rapidly/sharply increase. These babies were born from 1946-1961

Question 16

Describe Potato famine

Answer 16

The reason Irish settlers came to Canada in 1940s

Question 17

Describe the Europeans.

Answer 17

They were among the first immigrants to Canada in 1940s

Question 18

What is dependency load ?

Answer 18

It is the proportion in the population that is not in the workforce; total number of ages 16 & under + 65 and over. They must be supported by working adults.

Question 19

Formula for population density:

Answer 19

Population divide by area (km2) = number if people/km2

Question 20

Formula for birth rate:

Answer 20

Number of births divided by population X 1000

Question 21

Formula for death rate:

Answer 21

Number of deaths divided by population X 1000

Question 22

Formula for immigration rate:

Answer 22

Number of immigrants divide by population X 1000

Question 23

Formula for emigration rate:

Answer 23

Number of emigrants divided by population X 1000

Question 24

Formula for natural increase rate:

Answer 24

Birth rate - death rate

Question 25

Formula for net migration rate:

Answer 25

Immigration rate - emigration rate

Question 26

Formula for population growth rate:

Answer 26

Natural increase rate + net migration rate