Population Distribution
What is meant by the term population distribution?
How people are spread out over an area
What does the term ‘natural increase mean’
More births than deaths (birth rate minus death rate)
What is migration?
Movement of people from one place to another.
Was Ireland traditionally a country of emigration of immigration?
Emigration
Population Density = ?
Number of people per square kilometre
Name the most densely populated place on earth ?
Monaco
Name one country with a high population growth rate?
Nigeria, India, Pakistan, etc.
What is the difference between emigration and immigration?
Emigration is leaving the country and immigration is entering a country
Name one period in Irish history associated with mass emigration
The Famine, Recession
Optimum population = ?
Population size that allows the best standard of living
Give two physical factors that affect population distribution?
Climate, relief, soil, water supply
Give two causes of high birth rates in developing counties
Lack of contraception, large families, lack of education, cultural reasons.
Name two push factors
Unemployment, war, famine, poverty
Which country has the most emigrants ?
India
One Child policy
Explain why deserts tend to have low population densities?
Extreme temperatures, lack of water, poor soil
Name one country that is experiencing a population decline.
Japan, Germany, China, etc
Name two pull factors.
Jobs, higher wages, education, safety.
Which country has the most immigrants?
USA
Give 2 features of a developing countries population pyramid?
Wide base, short life expectancy
Give two reasons why coastal areas are often densely populated
Trade, fishing, flat land, transport, climate
What is the term given to a population when it is getting older and older?
Greying.
What is the term given when a country loses its skilled workers?
Brain Drain
Name the area that homes immigrants in a country
Ghetto
Name one effect of migration on host regions in Dublin that we studied
Increased skill workforce, demand for goods and services, urban sprawl.