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Migration Flashcards
Flashcards do conjunto (19)
- 1What is a population pyramid?Shows population structure. Tells us the % of males & females in the different age groups within a population.
- 2MigrationMovement of people
- 3Emigration.Moving away from your country to another
.mainly old people emigrate - 4Immigration. People moving into another country
. Mainly younger people influx and then increasing the birth rate - 5Internal migrationMovement of people within their country. Usually rural- urban. Mainly younger people
- 6What is a push factor?Negative factors of where someone lives making them want to move away
- 7Name some push factors. Lack of jobs
. Poor living conditions + environment, and services
. Fear of political persecution/ type of government
. War/ conflict
. Natural disasters
. Religious reasons
. More freedom
. Bad health services - 8What is a pull factorPositive factors that attract people to a new place
- 9Give some examples of pull factors. Better jobs
. More job opportunities
. Better living conditions and services
. Better health and education
. Freedom
. Social ties
. Better infrastructure
. More equality - 10How is migration affected by obstacles?These are things that make it more difficult to migrate, for example cost of living, political reasons, the distance, cultural reasons
- 11How is migration affected by opportunities?These are opportunities individuals encounter that make them stop before their intended destination, e.g. migrants going to Ireland may stop in London due to job opportunities
- 12Name the categories of migration. Scale
. Direction
. Distance
. Decision making
. Causes of movement - 13What is meant by…: scale migrationInternational, regional, local
- 14…: Direction migrationrural to urban, urban to rural, MEDW to LEDW, LEDW to MEDW, urban to urban
- 15…: Distance migrationLong distance, short distance, regional
- 16…: Decision making migration. Forced e.g. refugees escaping from hazards
. Voluntary e.g. for work, retirement or family reasons - 17…: Causes of movement migrationEconomic, environment, social
- 18What is an asylum seeker?'the formal application by a refugee to reside in a country when they arrive in that country'
. Pressure to migrate because of economic decline and political instability - 19What is a refugee?Unable/ unwilling to return to their homeland for fear of persecution, reasons of race, religion, ethnicity or political opinion
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- A Levels Geography (Population Change) FlashCards sobre Migration Flashcards, criado por Alice Kimpton em 28-09-2015.
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