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Example Question #4 : Push & Pull Factors
Which of the following is not a push factor?
Pollution
Economic stability
Scarce land
Low healthcare ability
Famine
Economic stability
Push factors are factors that encourage people to leave a region or country. These can vary from economic factors to daily lifestyle changes.
Example Question #1 : Push & Pull Factors
The most important pull factor for the United States is __________.
cultural
economic
pollution
None of these
political
economic
The USA has promising economic and educational pull factors. Many immigrants to the USA come to the country in hopes of starting a new life that is better financially than their last one. Pull factors are the good elements of a nation or region that draw immigrants to that location.
Example Question #11 : Push & Pull Factors
Which of the following is not a pull factor?
Educational opportunity
Economic stability
Family connections
Slavery
Healthcare availability
Slavery
Pull factors are factors that encourage people to migrate to a region or country.
Example Question #1 : Refugees & Asylum Seekers
Which of the following is not an example of a political refugee?
A person who comes to a new country because her religious beliefs are outlawed in her native country
A family escaping required military service for their children in their native country
A woman fleeing a forced marriage to an undesirous or unacceptable partner in her native country
A student studying a subject in a foreign country because its education system is superior to his native land
A political leader leaving a country when his political opposition takes control of the government
A student studying a subject in a foreign country because its education system is superior to his native land
A political refugee does not have to be strictly a person whose individual politics are no longer welcome in their native country. Instead, anyone who flees a negative or harmful political situation can be considered a political refugee; however, a student seeking a better education is not likely a political refugee, and is in fact likely to return to his or her native country once he or she has completed his or her education.
Example Question #1 : Refugees & Asylum Seekers
Between 1970 and 2000, the number of refugees worldwide increased by about what multiple?
8
4
The number of refugees did not increase during this time period.
6
2
8
In 1970, there were reported to be 2.9 million refugees worldwide. In 2000, that number was reported to have increased to 24 million. Thus, the number of refugees increased by a multiple of about 8.
Example Question #1 : Refugees & Asylum Seekers
Which of these countries is not a major source of refugees?
Iraq
These are all major sources of refugees.
Sri Lanka
Syria
Somalia
These are all major sources of refugees.
Refugees are defined as people who are being forced to leave their traditional lands due to persecution or material hardship within their society. Common causes of major refugee movements are natural disasters, warfare (particularly civil war), and political alienation or persecution. All of these countries listed are major sources of refugees because they are engaged in civil and international wars or because their governments' track records on civil rights are suspect.
Example Question #1 : Refugees & Asylum Seekers
A group of people dispersed from their original homeland into different societies around the world is referred to as a(n) __________.
dispersed culture
non-assimilated culture
ghetto
acculturated group
diaspora
diaspora
A “diaspora” is the name given to a community of people who are dispersed throughout the world, but retain their cultural, religious, or ethnic differences. The term is most commonly applied to Jewish people and to African-Americans in the United States.
Example Question #1 : Population Growth & Decline
Which stage of demographic transition features a high birth rate, high death rate, and low population growth?
Stage IV
Stage I
Stage III
Stage II
Stage V
Stage I
Populations in Stage I of demographic transition have these features. Stage II features a high birth rate, decreasing death rate, and slowly increasing population growth. Stage III features a decreasing birth rate, low death rate, and rapidly increasing population growth. Stage IV features a low birth rate, low death rate, and a stagnating population. Stage V is hypothetical and features the birth rate dropping below the death rate, causing a very slow population decline.
Example Question #1 : Theories Of Population Growth & Decline
The demographic accounting equation considers which of the following when predicting a country’s population growth?
I. Birth rates
II. Death rates
III. Immigration
IV. Emigration
III and IV.
I, II, III, and IV.
I only.
I and II.
I, II, and III.
I, II, III, and IV.
The demographic accounting equation is used to predict population growth and future population of a country or region. It takes into account birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration and so is seemingly quite thorough. The problem with the demographic accounting equation is that all of these statistics (birth rates, death rates, immigration rates, emigration rates) are subject to dramatic change over time. As a result, using contemporary statistics to project into the future becomes a dubious proposition.
Example Question #1 : Population Growth & Decline
Physiological population density is determined by which of the following?
The number of people in a country divided by the size of arable land in that country
The number of people in a country divided by the land area of that country
The number of people in a country divided by the total number of housing available in that country
The total industrial production of a country divided by the number of people in that country
The gross domestic product of a country divided by the number of people in that country
The number of people in a country divided by the size of arable land in that country
The physiological population density of a country refers to the number of people in that country divided by the size of arable land in that country. It essentially refers to how much land is being used to provide sustenance for the population of a country. It is different from arithmetic population density, which simply refers to the number of people in a country divided by the size of the total land area of that country.
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