Vocab Words (CHAPTER 5) Flashcards
Immigration
The process of people establishing homes, and often citizenship, in a country that is not their native country.
Demographic
To do with the characteristics of populations.
Labour Force Growth
The growth of the “labor force,” or the number of people who can work.
Refugee
A person who is seeking refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in their home country.
Accord
A formal agreement
Point System
A system for disturbing or allocating resources for ranking or evaluating candidates or climates on the basic points allocated or accumulated.
Policy
A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
Law
A system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of it’s members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.