Definitions
Population Pyramids
Measurements/Rates
Causes of Migration
Types of Migration
100
What is the term for all of the people who inhabit a particular town, area, or country?
Population
100
Is this population pyramid most likely from a developing or developed country?
Developing
100
What is the measurement for the average number of years a person lives?
Life Expectancy
100
Is freedom of religion a push or pull factor?
Pull
100
Does transnational migration take place across country borders or within them?
Across
200
What is the term for the total number of people divided by the total land area?
Arithmetic Population Density
200
Is this population pyramid most likely from a developed or developing country?
Developed
200
What is the rate for the number of births in a year per 1,000?
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
200
Are people more likely to migrate to developed or developing countries?
Developed
200
What is the term for movement within a country?
Internal Migration
300
What is the term for a person who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters?
Refugee
300
Based on only the knowledge of China's one-child policy, do you think their population pyramid has more people toward the bottom (younger) or the top (older)?
Top (older)
300
What is the rate for the number of deaths in a year per 1,000?
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
300
Give an example of a pull factor.
Answers Vary
300
If migrants have an option of whether or not to move, is it voluntary or involuntary?
Voluntary Migration
400
What is the term for money sent back to a migrant's home country?
Remittances
400
What is one consequence for a country whose population pyramid is top-heavy (larger aging population)?
Answers Vary (Examples: Shrinking workforce, less funding for Social Security/healthcare benefits, etc.)
400
What is the rate for the average number of children a woman gives birth to?
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
400
Is the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine a push or pull factor?
Push
400
What is migration that is based on the herding of animals?
Transhumance
500
What is the term for inhabited land, where people have made their homes and work places?
Ecumene
500
What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is this country most likely in?
Stage 1
500
What is the rate that equals Crude Birth Rate minus Crude Death Rate?
Rate of Natural Increase
500
Is the following a push or pull factor? Explain.
A family needs to get out of their home country because they are being persecuted for their religion. They are looking at countries to escape to and notice that a country nearby offers asylum to all refugees.
Both could be correct.
Push: persecution for religion
Pull: asylum is offered to ALL refugees
500
What is the name for people who have been displaced within their country's borders, but do not leave the country as they flee?
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)