9th Grade World Geography - Unit 5 Study Guide
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| Based on the population pyramids above, which country is likely more developed? Why? | South Korea because they have low birth and death rates and stable economy.
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| In which country would you likely find a greater percentage of people working in agriculture? Why? | Burkina Faso because it's a less developed country. It's main source of economy is based on agriculture.
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| Why are there substantially fewer elderly South Korean men than South Korean women? | Women have a longer life expectancy compared to men.
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| About how many people aged 10-14 are living in Burkina Faso? | 1.2 million
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| Identify types and examples of push/pull factors. | Social (religion);
Political (governments, policies, wars, citizen rights)
Economic (poverty)
Environmental (fertile soil and famine)
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| What are the pros and cons of gentrification? | Pros: better housing, safer neighborhoods, restoration for old buildings.
Cons: expensive housing, cultural dehydration, extinction of small businesses.
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| demographic transition model (DTM) | Stage 1 (high birth rates & low death rates; early stage),
Stage 2 (less developed; high birth rates & low/incr death rates),
Stage 3 (developing; decreasing births; increasing death rates),
Stage 4 (more developed; low birth rate; high death rate),
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| What is happening in terms of population in each of the stages on the DTM? | population increases drastically around the second stage, then stabilizes around the fourth stage.
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| In which types of countries would you likely see rapid population growth? | less developed countries
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| What factors encouraged settlers into the Fertile Crescent? | rivers were higher than the surrounding plain
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| How has the population base of the US shifted in the last 200 years? Why? | it started NE but over the years it's gone to SW
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| Where are the largest clusters of population density? | South Asia, East Asia, Western Europe, Northwest of North America
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| What kinds of problems are caused by rapid population growth? | overcrowding, food and supply shortages, environmental damage
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| What explains population growth in the most developed countries in the world? | low death rate, better living conditions, longer life expectancy
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| How did the Industrial Revolution affect population growth? | more jobs available encouraged people to move to cities
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| What are some examples of forced migration? | The Atlantic slave trade and North Americans
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| What are causes and effects of urban sprawl? | Causes: improved infrastructure, population growth
Effects: increased traffic, loss of rural area, pollution, loss of animal habitats
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| List political, social, economic, and environmental factors that cause people to become refugees. | Political: governments and their policies, wars, citizen rights;
Social: religious/ethnic persecution;
Economic: poverty, loss of jobs;
Environmental: catastrophic (natural disasters)
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| Explain the difference in an Emigrant and an Immigrant | Emmigrant: people who leave a country to live somewhere else;
Immigrant: people who immigrate to a new country.
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| Explain the term Megalopolis and give an example. | very large city (example, Tokyo)
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| What are some issues that affect the population in Lesser Developed Countries? | higher death rate, higher birth rate, shorter life expectancy
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| What are possible reasons that settlement patterns change over time. | Environmental catastrophes, better land in another region
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| What parts of the world have more emigrants than immigrants and why? | Asia, Africa, Latin America
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| Where do we find the greatest population distribution in the world? | poles and equator
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| Explain the differences in urban core, rural core, rural fringe and urban fringe. | Urban fringe: houses and small businesses around the urban core;
Urban core: the main city. It has big businesses like Detroit.
Rural fringe: country and framing houses, small houses, and farms.
Rural core?
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| Explain how women's educational opportunities have affected fertility rates in MDC. | more education --> less birth rate
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| List the factors that encouraged migration from North Africa to Southern Europe and explain. | Poverty, repression, lack of opportunity, unemployment and political stability.
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