Vocabulary
Demography is....
The study of population
The United States is an example of a...
MDC
Is moving for college a push or a pull factor?
Pull
What is the name of Stage 1 of the DTM
Pre-Industrial Stage
Demographic is...
Haiti is an example of...
an LDC
Which example is NOT an environmental push?
A. Hurricane Katrina
B. cold dreary winters in the US upper Midwest
C. cannot find work that pays decent
D. desertification of the Sahel
C. Cannot find work that pays decent
In what stage do birth rates start to decrease?
Stage 3
A refugee is...
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
A literacy rate of below 80% means a country is...
an LDC
Which of the following would be considered a migration push factor?
A. a stable government in the migrant’s chosen destination
B. plentiful jobs in the migrant’s chosen destination
C. lack of employment in a migrant’s city of residence
D. all of the above
C. Lack of employment in a migrant’s city of residence
The lowest Crude Birth Rates are found in countries in which stage of the DTM?
Stage 5
What three factors go into the Human Development Index?
Literacy Rate, GDP, and Life Expectancy
A country with a Death Rate of 9.2 or lower is...
an MDC
Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?
Economic
In what stage is there a high birth rate and a high death rate?
Stage 1: Pre-Industrial Period
Brain drain is...
emigrates seeking better education or talented people, often staying due to more/better opportunities
What kind of country has a high percentage of children in school?
MDC
War is an example of what kind of push/pull factor?
Politica
According to the Migration Transition Theory countries that are most likely have high rates of emigrants are in what stage of the demographic transition?
A. stage 1 & 2
B. stage 3
C. stage 4 & 5
D. none of the above
Stage 1 & 2