10.4: Population and the Environment

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10.4: Name the two components of population change
NATURAL CHANGE & MIGRATION CHANGE
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10.4: Define total fertility rate.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN PER WOMAN IN AN AREA OR COUNTRY IF ALL WOMEN LIVED TO THE END OF THEIR CHILDBEARING YEARS. IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A MORE DIRECT AND ACCURATE MEASURE OF FERTILITY THAN BIRTH RATE AS IT REFERS TO BIRTHS PER WOMAN.
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10.4: Define (net) replacement rate.
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN EACH WOMAN NEEDS TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT POPULATION LEVELS OR GIVE ZERO POPULATION GROWTH BY GENERATION. IT IS A MEASURED FERTILTY RATE. IN RICHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THE REPLACEMENT RATE IS ABOUT 2.1.
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10.4: Name the 3 factors affecting fertility and give an example for each.
SOCIAL - EDUCATION / ECONOMIC - AFFLUENCE / POLITICAL - POPULATION POLICIES
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10.4: Name the 5 stages of the demographic transition model (DTM).
) STAGE 1: HIGH STATIONERY / HIGH FLUCTUATING b) STAGE 2: EARLY EXPANDING c) STAGE 3: LATE EXPANDING d) STAGE 4: LOW STATIONERY / LOW FLUCTUATING e) STAGE 5: DECLINE
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10.4: Name a strength of the DTM.
EASILY AND UNIVERSALLY APPLIED / OTHER STRENGTHS POSSIBLE
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10.4: Name a weakness of the DTM.
DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON BIRTH RATES / OTHER WEAKNESSES POSSIBLE
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10.4: Name 2 things a population pyramid shows.
POPULATION BY DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS / GENDER
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10.4: Name a problem of a youthful population.
GOVERNMENTS NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR SCHOOLING / OTHER PROBLEMS POSSIBLE
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10.4: Name a potential benefit of a youthful population.
YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY ARE THE COUNTRY'S HUMAN RESOURCES OF TOMORROW / OTHER BENEFITS POSSIBLE
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10.4: Name a problem of an ageing population.
WELFARE AND HEALTHCARE COSTS ESCALATING AS THE ELDERLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO NEED SUPPORT / OTHER PROBLEMS POSSIBLE
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10.4: Name a potential benefit of an ageing population.
FEWER PEOPLE OF WORKING AGE SO THERE SHOULD BE LESS UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE POPULATION / OTHER BENEFITS POSSIBLE
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10.4: Define the term demographic dividend.
THE BENEFIT A COUNTRY GETS WHEN ITS WORKING POPULATION OUTGROWS ITS DEPENDENTS, SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY. A BOOST IN ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVIITY RESULTS FROM GROWING NUMBERS IN THE WORKFORCE RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF DEPENDENTS.
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10.4: Define the term asylum seeker.
A PERSON WHO HAS FLED THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND APLPIES FOR ASYLUM UNDER THE 1951 CONVENTION ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY CANNOT RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BECAUSE OF A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR OR DEATH OR PERSECUTION.
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10.4: Define the term economic migrant.
A PERSON WHO HAS VOLUNTARILY LEFT THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO SEEK, BY LAWFUL OR UNLAWFUL MEANS, EMPLOYMENT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
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10.4: Define the term refugee.
IN ITS BROADER CONTEXT IT MEANS A PERSON FLEEING, FOR EXAMPLE, CIVIL WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER BUT NOT NECESSARILY FEARING PERSECUTION AS DEFINED BY THE 1951 REGUGEE CONVENTION.
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10.4: Give an example of a push factor.
WAR, CONFLICT, POLITICAL INSTABILITY / OR OTHER SUITABLE EXAMPLE
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10.4: Give an example of a pull factor.
BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, STANDARD OF LIVING OR OTHER SUITABLE EXAMPLE
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10.4: Name a benefit of international migration.
MIGRANTS CAN ACCESS NEW OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER SUITABLE EXAMPLE
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10.4: Name a cost of international migration.
RICHER COUNTRIES GAIN AT EXPENSE OF POOER COUNTRIES WHO LOSE THEIR MOST TALENTED PEOPLE OR OTHER SUITABLE EXAMPLE
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10.4: Name a case study related to migration.
EUROPEAN MIGRANT CRISIS 2015 SYRIAN WAR
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THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN PER WOMAN IN AN AREA OR COUNTRY IF ALL WOMEN LIVED TO THE END OF THEIR CHILDBEARING YEARS. IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A MORE DIRECT AND ACCURATE MEASURE OF FERTILITY THAN BIRTH RATE AS IT REFERS TO BIRTHS PER WOMAN.

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