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What happened in 1100?

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Kind Edward I of England takes control of Wales

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What happened in 1171

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King Henry II of England takes control of Ireland

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What happened in 1536

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Henry VIII unites England and Wales

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What happened in 1801

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Ireland becomes part of the ‘United Kindom of Great Britain and Ireland’

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What happened in 1922

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the Republic of Ireland gains independence

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What is it like today?

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England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are still united as the UK

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What is a densely populated area?

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lots of people living in a small space

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What is a sparsely populated area?

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Where there are not many people living over a bigger area

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What is population density measured in?

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It is measured in the number of people per km2

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Population density =

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Total population/ total area.

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What is the definition of an economic migrant?

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A person who moves to find new land, or to find new work

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What is the definition of an invader

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Someone who moves to take over

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What is the definiton of a refugee?

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Someone who moves to escape persecution

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Push factors definiton

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push people away (bad)

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Pull factors definiton

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pull people in (good)

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Examples of push factors

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Few services
lack of job opportunities
unhappy life
poor transport links
natural disasters
wars
shortage of food
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examples of pull factors

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access to services
better job opportunities
more entertainment facilities
better transport links
improved living conditions
hope for a better way of life
family links
18
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What is primary economy?

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gathering materials from the earth

e.g. mining for coal, growing wheat or fishing

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what is secondary economy?

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turning materials into things to sell

e.g. metals into car bodies

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what is tertiary/service economy?

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you provide a service for people

e.g. teach them, look after them when they’re ill, drive a taxi

21
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what is quaternary economy?

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high tech research

e.g. to develop a new medicine or do research into ICT

22
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what are the challenges of rural areas?

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decline of farming
high house prices
loss of services
rural depopulation

23
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urban challenges

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air  pollution
noise pollution
traffic
run down city centres
too much rubbish
crime
lack of housing
overcrowding

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