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Migration Station
Thanos and other ideas
Mom, why are we moving?
You can't tell me what to do
100
What is migration?
Permanent move to a new location
100
What is the difference between "immigration" and "emigration"?
Immigration is migration TO a location, while emigration is migration FROM a location
100
What are two types of factors people decide where to live?
Physical & Human
100
Describe an economic push factor.
Lost job, Lack of jobs, Lack of resources, No money etc.
100
What is an "unauthorized immigrant"?
Those who enter the country without proper documents
200
What is net-out migration?
When there are more emigrants than immigrants in a country. (When more people leave a country than enter it)
200
What is internal migration?
A permanent move within the same country
200
What is Population Density?
Measure of the average population per sq. mile or sq. km of an area
200
How is an Internally Displaced Person different from a Refugee?
An internally displaced person is similar to a refugee except they have not migrated past international border
200
What is a "Quota"?
Maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to the United States during a 1-year period
300
Describe carrying capacity and 1 variable that could increase a piece of land's carrying capacity
The maximum amount of organisms that a piece of land can support. Technology could increase a piece of land's carrying capacity (fertilizer for example) Singapore is another example.
300
Which locations have more than 1 million immigrants AND emigrants?
Europe & North America
300
Describe how Thanos and Malthus relate in their theories of population growth
Answers vary
300
A man migrates from Guatemala to the United States and earns money to allow for his wife and children to follow him to the United States. This is an example of
Chain Migration
300
Which of the following is NOT a set preference for admission to the United States?
Family Reunification
Religious Background
Diversity
Skilled Workers
Religious Background
400
Someone who has migrated to another country is which of the following:
internally displaced person
or
asylum seeker
asylum seeker
400
Which of the following claims about migration below is most accurately supported by the table above?
Africa has more people migrating into the continent than people leaving the continent
Each part of Asia has more people leaving than entering
Latin America has the largest number of emigrants
Europe has the largest net-in migration
Europe has the largest net-in migration
400
A prominent critic of Malthus and those that advocate for the "Population Bomb" theory. Advocated Cornucopian Theory.
Ester Boserup
400
What are the 3 countries that have more than 1,000,000 refugees originate from there?
Afghanistan
Syria
Somalia
400
Name and describe 1 antinatalist and 1 pronatalist policy we discussed in class
A: China, India, Bangladesh etc.
P: Singapore, Denmark, Italy etc.
500
Average number of children who would be born per woman of that group in a country is which?
total fertility rate
or
crude birth rate
Total Fertility Rate
500
The migration of African Americans from the South to northern urban areas is referred to as
The Great Migration
500
This English Economist argued that population was going to outgrow the food supply.
Thomas Malthus
500
Syria
Pakistan
500
The event that allowed for rapidly declining death rates in the 2nd stage of the DTM.
The Industrial Revolution