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42 Cards in this Set
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What does haviang access to the good health care & medicine do the the growth rate?
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Makes the population growth rate go up - healthy people live longer
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What is literacy rate?
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The percentage of people than can read and write
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What is age distribution?
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How the population is made up according to age
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What is death rate?
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How many people die per 1,000 people
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What is birth rate?
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How many babies are born for every 1,000 people
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What is life expectancy?
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How long people can expect to live
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What is infant mortality?
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How many babies die before their 1st birthday
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How does having an educated society effect growth rate?
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The more educated, the smaller the population - educated people have fewer childern
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How does having an industrial nation effect growth rate?
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They have a smaller population - women will work and have less children
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How does a nation's economic development effect growth rate?
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The richer the country, the lower the population growth will be
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Name 3 pull migration factors?
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Religious freedom, political freedom, availibility of jobs, arable land, ethnic or family ties
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Name 3 push migration factors?
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Overpopulation, religious persecution, natural hazards, no personal freedom, political persecution, lack of jobs
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How has migration effected the world?
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Language
Religion Customs |
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Do developing countries have high or low life expectancy?
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Low - people die young
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Do developing countries have a high or low literacy rate?
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Low - few people can read or write
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Do developing countries have high or low population growth?
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High - people have large families
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Does every country have every resource that they need?
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No
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Name 3 capital resources?
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Money to invest
Level of infrastructure Availability of tools, machines & technology |
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Name 3 nonrenewable resources?
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Fossil fuels (oil, gas)
gold, iron, coal, copper, bauxite |
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Name 3 renewable resources?
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Soil
Water Forests |
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Do developed nations have high or low infant mortality rates?
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Low - most babies live past their 1st birthday
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Do developed nations have high or low life expectancy?
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High - people live a long time
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Do developed nations have high or low literacy rates?
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High - most people can read and write
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Do deveoped nations have high or low population growth?
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Low - people have small families
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Do developing nations have a high or low percentage of people living in rural areas?
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High - most are rural farmers
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Do developing nations have high or low infant mortality rates?
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High - many babies die before their 1st birthday
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Do people move from urban areas to rural areas?
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No - people move from farms to cities
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What nation has limited resources and exchanges crops for manufactured goods?
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The Cote d'Ivoire
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What nation has a diverse economy, many natural resource, and specialized industries?
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The U.S.
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What country has many natural resources, but their climate and transportation make them expesive to get to?
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Russia - most frozen under the ground
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What country is highly industrialized, but has limited natural resources?
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Japan
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What is comparative advantage?
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Nations will export goods & services that they can produces cheaper than other nations
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Do deveoped nations have a high or low percentage of the population living in urban areas?
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High - most people live in cities
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What is NATO?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization - military alliance between the U.S. and Western European nations
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What is OPEC?
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries - alliance of oil producing countries - regulate price & production of oil
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What is NAFTA?
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North American Free Trade Agreement - a trading alliance between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico
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What is ASEAN?
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Association of South East Asian Nations - trading alliance of Southeast Asia
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What is the U.N.?
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The United Nations - headquarted in NYC - nations help solve world problems and conflicts - not military
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What does the Red Cross/Red Crescent do?
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They offer humanitarian aid worldwide
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What is the OAS?
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The Organization of American States - members are from North & South America to address problems
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What is the league of Arab States?
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An alliance of Arab Nations
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What is the OAU?
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Organization of African Unity - alliance of African nations
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