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Geography- Population

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  1. 1What is natural increase/ decrease?The percentage of difference between the number of births and deaths
  2. 2What is famine?A time when there is so little food that many people starve
  3. 3What does infant mortality mean?A measure of the number of infants dying under one year of age.
  4. 4Stage 1?Example- RAINFOREST AREAS IN ARIZONA AND INDONESIA
    -the societies are traditional so are cut off from the rest of world
    -Population fairly stable
    -HIGH BIRTH RATE (children are needed to work for families income and many children die before 5 so people have more babies)
    -HIGH DEATH RATE (disease, war and food deprivation)
    -both death and birth rate goes up and down at a non linear rate    Stage 1?
  5. 5Stage 2?-Example... AFGHANISTANN, PERU, SHRILANKA
    -Birth rate at a constant level
    -death rate falling dramatically
    -population growth because of low birth rate and high death rate
    -there is no pattern of location because it occurs all over the world
    -A lot of children being born because people need children to bring family income by working and a lot of children die before the age 5 so mothers choose to have many babies    Stage 2?
  6. 6Stage 3?-Examples... KENYA, INDIA, BRAZIL
    -a very fast decrease in birth rate
    because...
    # not a lot of availability to birth control
    #economic changes
    #people benefit more from having smaller families (cheaper)
    -death rate falling at a slower rate
    -as country develops, children become less useful and become an economic cost rather than an economic asset, this because of birth control    Stage 3?
  7. 7Stage 4?4. Examples... USA, FRANCE, UK
    -Birth and death rates both low
    -birth rate varies to economic situation
    -still a population growth but very slow    Stage 4?
  8. 8Stage 5?Examples- Russia, Germany and Japan
    -Natural population decreases(higher death rate than birth rate)
    -death rate increases which=aging population
    -low birth rate because women are persuaded to not have children and are deterred by economic instability and young women can work in many different careers and so don't want children either.    Stage 5?
  9. 9What does emancipation mean?The liberations of legal, social or political ristrics
  10. 101.x axis? 2.y axis? 3.left? 4.right? (What is each measured in?)1. Number of population (usually in millions)
    2. Age (years)
    3.male
    4.Female    1.x axis? 2.y axis? 3.left? 4.right? (What is each measured in?)
  11. 11What are the causes of world population growth?-reduced morality rate
    -Better medical facilities
    -less depletion(reduction of quantity) of precious resources
  12. 12Impacts of world population growth? (3)-environment is damaged (air pollution, bigger hole in ozone layer, polluted water)
    - wars (conflict over resources)
    -Overcrowded population= physical and behavioral problems
  13. 13MEDC country that has populations?China
  14. 14What problems did the large population in China cause? (4)-not a lot of development could be made to the country
    -Not enough food and water
    -overcrowded= less greenery, more buildings
    -more pollution
  15. 15How did the Chinese population feel about the one child policy? (4)-china views their government as paternalistic
    -ideas where accepted quickly in most urban areas and near capital, (Beijing)
    -Some did not like the fact that ethnic minorities where exempt
    -people that lived in more remote, farm areas want multiple children to work on the farms and to carry the family name
  16. 16Positives of one child policy in China? (4)-people get bonuses if agree to only have one child
    -free nursery education and health care for a single child
    -free contraception
    -free abortion if child isnt planned
  17. 17Negatives to one child policy?-pay back all of educational and health care
    -have to pass an exam about contraception before marrying
    -only allowed to marry at 24 years old
    -fined by reducing wages if have more than one child
    -mothers are pressured to abort if they have another child.
  18. 18What would be the consequences of leaving the increase in overpopulation for china? (5)-there wouldn't be enough food
    -prices raised as more finances and benefits are needed
    -not enough room for housing
    -less greenery
    -more pollution
  19. 19Consequences of one child policy?-a lot more boys than girls (boys are more favored so, not as many women to marry)
    -concern of an aging population
    -more babies in care, mostly girls
    -if women have an equal population to men, the population decrease a lot and solve the chinas population problem
    -if children are abandoned if deformed or disabled.
    -more abortions
    -poorer families have more children so none of them get an education or health care
  20. 20Example of a population policy in an LEDC?Kerala, India
  21. 21Kerala's policies include...? (8)-improving education standards and treating girls as equal with boys
    -providing adult literacy classes
    -educating people to understand the benefits of smaller families
    -reducing infant mortality so people no longer need to have so many children
    -improving child health through vaccination programme
    -providing free contraception
    -maternity leave for the first two babies only
    -providing extra retirement benefits for those with smaller families
  22. 22How would a population pyramid of a LEDC be different to an MEDC population pyramid? (4)LEDC population pyramid is...
    -narrower a top(lower life expectancy)
    -indents (more death which could be a subject ti war, famine or disease)
    -wide base, high birth rate
    -indents at ages 0-5 show a high child/birth morality rate.
  23. 23Positives of migration? (4)-money sent back to families (helps with quality of life, results in a higher demand of goods and services)
    -increased jobs in building trade
    -labour and skills brought to the economy
    -migrants more successful than they would have been at home
  24. 24Negatives of migration? (6)-money leaves host country as sent back to families
    -competition for housing
    -tension caused between groups of people (because of limited housing)
    -resentment by local people (they see migrants as receiving special treatment)
    -some migrants exploited
    -some migrants do not do as well (cannot make use of their qualifications)
  25. 25Example of a high immigration rate?In the EU, Poland to the UK
  26. 26How many poles currently live in the UK?600,000
  27. 27Pull factors for the polish? (6)-employment
    -safe environment
    -better standard of living
    -greater wealth
    -good food supplies
    -political security
  28. 28Push factors for polish? (6)-unemployment
    -lack of safety
    -lack of services
    -poverty
    -war/civil unrest
    -isolation
  29. 29How are the elderly helped in an ageing population? (2)-provide a social community (prevent loneliness)
    -provide transport (for those who are unable to drive and live in isolated villages)
  30. 30How can we take care of an ageing population? (3)-Care workers
    -fund raising
    -Community halls/events for the towns
  31. 31What does the money go to in an ageing population? (2)-Fun day trips (e.g. seaside, parks and zoo's)
    -Community centres to fund for refreshments, transport and equipment
  32. 32Example of an ageing population?Devon, England
  33. 33What is Devon's birth rate?11 to every 100,000
  34. 34How big is Devon?2
    185k
  35. 35Causes of an ageing population in devon? (2) 1- (3 examples) 2- (5 examples)POPULATION?
    -Lower birth rate than death rate
    -elderly migrate to areas with other elderly people (for the social activity)
    -better weather
    CHARACTERISTICS?
    -Sea side
    -less busy than cities
    -large elderly community
    -above 16% of its population are over the age of 60
    -younger people feel less welcome (not many facilities for them)
  36. 36Effects of an ageing population in Devon? (5)-Less tax and national insurance
    -travel agents are popular
    -elderly do a lot of voluntary work (e.g. childcare. Saves the government money)
    -number of retirement flats increased
    -married couples can't always be kept together because of care issues
  37. 37What is frances solution to their ageing population? (5)-encourage people to have more children (produces a more favourable age structure and depending ratio)
    -three years of paid parental leave given
    - full time education fully paid from age of three
    -day care for children under three is also free
    -the more children a mother has, the earlier she can retire on a full pension
  38. 38Positives to francés solution? (3)-Less hard work for mothers
    -a lot more income
    -helps people able to build large families with less money.
  39. 39Negatives to Frances solution? (4)-Mothers have to go through pain of multiple children
    -taking away personal choice
    -when all the children grow up there will be even more of a higher dependency ratio
    -France dictating women's choices

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