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| what does population mean? |
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| The number of people living in a place |
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| The number of babies born per year per 1000 people |
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| The number of deaths per year per 1000 people |
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| what is this graph called?[image] |
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| What is meant by exponential growth? |
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| the bigger it gets the faster it rises |
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| What is the basic idea in Malthusian theory? |
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| That population will be limited by available resources such as food. An environment can only support a finite number of people and eventually food shortages and disease will reduce the population |
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| What is Boserup's theory? |
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That as population causes pressure on resources people will invent technologies to fix the problem.
eg agricultural intensification has led to more crops being produced on same area of land |
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| Name some Pro-natal policies |
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- mother's wage
- extra child benefits
- better materinty pay
- banning contraception
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| Name some anti-natal policies |
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- Free contraception
- laws on numbers of children
- reducing child benefits
- education of women
- fines
- increasing legal age of marriage
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which countries have used pro-natal policies to increase their population?
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| Which countries have used anti-natal policies to reduce their population? |
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| How was the one child policy enforced? |
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Incentives:
Free child care, healthcare and education for first child.
Disincentives:
Fines, forced abortion and sterilisation, councelling, written permission |
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| Why might a rising population be a bad thing? |
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food shortage
overcrowding
pressure on benefits system
pressure on public services like schools
unemployment
growing poverty |
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| Why might a falling population be a problem? |
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not enough people to do work in factories
economic output falls
GDP declines
not enough people to defend the countrty from attack
not enough people paying tax to fund services |
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| Moving from one place to another |
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| Why do some countries want to control immigration? |
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to ensure the country doesn't become over crowded
to ensure migrants entering the country can add to the economy.
To ensure there is sufficient jobs and homes for people. |
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| How does the USA control immigration? |
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Visa must be obtained.
Quotas ( limited number of visas issued)675,000 P.A
Skilled workers given priority
Language restrictions |
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| A person who has been forced to leave their home due to war or natural disaster or political persecution |
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| What is the immigration policy for the Philippines? |
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to encourage emigration.
overseas employment program to help people find work.
Government encourages companies to recruit from Philippines.
Education
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| What are the factors which reduce birth rates? |
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Contraception
religion
female education
rising incomes |
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| What are the factors affecting death rates? |
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Health care
sanitation
food production
poverty
disease |
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| What is meant by natural increase? |
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Birth rate minus the death rate.
Germany BR= 8.1 , DR = 10.8, NI= -3
NB if more people are dying than are born the population will decrease but this figure is still referred to as rate of Natural Increase. |
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| Is population generally increasing or decreasing in MEDCs? |
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Decreasing.
Lower birth rates have led to a greying population. |
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