Demography
The study of demographics
What is demography?
The number of live births per thousand people in a year
What are birth rates?
The movement of people from one geographic area to another
What is migration?
What is xenophobia?
Who is the current President of ASMS
Dr. John Hoyle
The number of children born per woman in a population
What is fertility?
The number of years a person can expect to live
What is life expectancy?
Economic opportunities, conflict (war), family reunification
What are some of the primary driving factors of immigration?
One of the most prolific examples of forced migration.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade
These students fill various leadership rolls around campus, including Peer Advisor, Ambassador, and SET
Who are the JBLA?
The number of deaths per population
What is mortality?
A graphical representation of a populations age and gender distribution
What is a population pyramid?
A term used to describe when individuals or groups voluntarily choose to relocate
What is voluntary migration?
A systematic elimination or suppression of a group's cultural identity, practices, and beliefs.
What is cultural erasure?
This SGA sponsored event happens every May to raise funds for various charitable organizations
What is MMC
The number of deaths of infants under one year old per thousand live births in a year
What is the infant mortality rate?
A population pyramid with a broad base indicating a large proportion of young people and a narrower top indicating a smaller proportion of older people
What is an expanding population
A term that refers to the process by which immigrants adopt the values, customs, and language of the host culture
What is assimilation?
The process by which economies, cultures, and societies become increasingly interconnected and interdependent on a global scale.
What is globalization?
Much to their dismay, all ASMS students are required to complete this task for two hours a week.
What is work service?
What is a stable population?
A population pyramid with a narrower base, indicating a smaller proportion of young people and a wider top indicating a larger proportion of older people
An approach to immigration that encourages immigrants to maintain their native languages, customs, and traditions within the host society?
What is multiculturalism?
What is Climate Change Migration?
What year was the school founded?
1989