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Flashcards by grainnelee, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by grainnelee
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is migration? | The movement of people into or out of an area or country. |
| What is the world's population growth described as? | Exponential increase |
| What are the factors that need to be considered to calculate population growth? | Population change (growth or decline) is produced by two processes: Natural change-depends on birth rate and death rate. Migration |
| What is birth rate? | The number of births per 1,00 people per year. |
| What is death rate? | The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year. |
| What is the infant mortality rate? | The dumber of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1,000 live births per year. |
| What is an immigrant? | A person arriving in a country or region to live (for at least a year). |
| What is an emigrant? | A person leaving a country or region to live somewhere else (for at least a year). |
| During 2008 at least another _____ people were added to the world's population. | 65 million |
| What does the development of modern medicines mean? | Health will improve and less people die, so the death rate will decrease. |
| What does the introduction of vaccination and immunisation programmes cause? | Prevents the spread of disease and can eradicate disease. |
| What does better healthcare (e.g more doctors, nurses and hospitals) cause? | The health of the people improves as there are more places to receive healthcare. |
| What does more hygienic housing cause? | Better living standards and a healthy environment. |
| What does cleaner drinking water and better sewage disposal cause? | There is safe water to drink and wash in, and the sewage doesn't build up. |
| What does a better diet cause? | Better health and well-being. |
| Which scenarios change birth rate? | Family planning Prostitution Baby boom |
| Which scenarios change death rate? | Famine War Natural disasters Disease epidemics |
| Which scenarios changed migration rate? | Weather Environment Jobs Poverty |
| What are push factors of migration? | Low employment Lack of healthcare |
| What are pull factors of migration? | Healthcare Jobs |
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