Key term definitions
The average number of years that a person is expected to live at the time of their birth.
Life Expectancy
A high infant mortality rate causes a high or low fertility rate?
High fertility rate
Push
A policy that aims to reduce birth rates is called...
anti-natalist
A person who has been forced to leave their home and goes to another country to find help.
Refugee
Lack of health & safety causes a low or high life expectancy?
Is fertile land a push or pull factor?
Pull
A policy that allows migrants to enter a country more easily is called...
Pro-immigration (cannot be pro-migration)
Number of babies per woman.
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Explain why improved access to clean water causes an increase in life expectancy.
People will not get water-borne diseases such as cholera.
A refugee is forced to migrate due to which factor - push or pull?
Push
One example country that has a pronatalist policy.
Japan
What is the definition of crude birth rate?
The total number of births per 1000 people in a country in a year.
Agricultural improvements affect fertility rates and life expectancy in what way (high or lower).
Fertility rates decreases and life expectancy increases.
Provide two examples of environmental push factors.
One example of an antinatalist policy strategy.
Free contraceptives, improved family planning, fines for having more than one child.
What is the definition of internally displaced person?
A person who has been forced to leave their home and moves to another area of the same country.
Explain why gender equality leads to a reduced fertility rate.
Women are educated and focus on careers rather than having a family.
Provide two examples of socioeconomic pull factors.
Better job opportunities, good quality services (education, healthcare), low crime rates, safe & inclusive society
One problem of a pro-immigration policies.
Increased oppression due to multiculturalism.