Demographic Transition
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, fewer young workers are available to contribute tax revenues to support programs that provide services to older populations
There has been an increase in asylum seekers from Syria to the EU in recent years. What best describes the reason for this migration?
A continuing issue of conflict and political unrest within Syria
The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age in the population is called the...
Total Fertility Rate
What is an unintended consequence of China's antinatalist one-child policy?
A projected shortage of working-age people to care for the rising elderly population, resulting in an increased cost of living
or
A disproportionate number of men to women - requiring many men migrate to start families
What is the most likely cause of death for a citizen in a Stage 4 (or hypothetical Stage 5) country?
Heart or degenerative diseases due to old age and lifestyle
What demographic characteristics are currently shared by Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand?
Low population growth rates
The 19th century emigration of a large number of Swedes to Minnesota, as a result of communications from friends and relatives who preceded them there is an example of...
Chain Migration
What do higher birth rates in Sub-Saharan African countries tell us about the roles of women in that region?
Higher birth rates in SSA countries suggest that African countries have less access to education and employment than women from developed countries
An increased life expectancy
Since the 1970s changes in the social roles, lifestyles, and employment patterns of women in Europe, Canada, and the US have affected the overall population through which of the following?
Decreased TFR's
What will pose the greatest demographic challenge to a country with an inverted population pyramid?
Providing for the needs of an aging population
A refugee enters the EU in Italy, is temporarily housed in Germany and is then granted asylum in Sweden. What type of migration is this an example of.
Step Migration
Which type of country would be likely to adopt pronatalist policies? Explain why?
A country with 0 population growth or a negative NIR (Stage 4/hypothetical Stage 5)
Transnational migrants often send money back to their home countries to support non-migrant family members. What is the term used to describe their international financial transactions?
Remittances
Explain why Thomas Malthus proposed his population theory in the late 18th and early 19th centuries:
Malthus theorized that, if left unchecked by regular cycles of famine and misery, population would increase beyond the ability to feed itself.
In the 19th and 20th century, the demographic transition in Europe was best characterized by what? (2 things)
Urbanization and falling birth rates
What is a reason for the large migration flows to SW Asian countries from other Asian countries?
Workers migrate for jobs in construction ad the oil fields
Even though fertility rates have been declining in some LDC's, the total population has continued to grow. This is primarily because a high % of the population is:
Under the age of 15
What relationship status and age range is most likely to migrate?
Single, young adult
In the early 21st century, the largest number of refugees are located on which continent?
Africa
What is a characteristic of a country moving from Stage 2 to Stage 3 of the demographic transition?
Declining death rate
During the 19th and 20th centuries, which of the following types of interregional migration was the most prominent worldwide?
Rural to Urban
List 2 countries that exhibit 0 or negative population growth rates:
Japan
Germany
(possible other answers)
Why is physiological population density viewed as a superior measure of population density (over arithmetic)?
It's more reflective of population pressure on arable land
The ability of a resource base to sustain population is known as its:
Carrying Capacity