CGC1D EXAM REVIEW! UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. migrate
Answer:
move from one country or region to another and settle there
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2. immigrant
Answer:
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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3. emigration
Answer:
movement of individuals out of an area
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4. demography
Answer:
the study of human populations (and characteristics of those populations; eg. age, gender)
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5. birth rate
Answer:
number of births per year for every 1000 people
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6. death rate
Answer:
the number of deaths per year for every 1000 people
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7. rate of natural in-crease
Answer:
combination of birth and death rate that calculates the rate at which a country is increasing (or
decreasing) in population
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8. net migration rate
Answer:
= immigration rate minus emigration rate
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9. doubling time
, Answer:
the time required for a population to double in size; uses the rule of 70
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10. dependency load
Answer:
portion of the population that is not in the workforce; total people under 14 and over 65
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11. population pyra-mid
Answer:
a model used in population geography to show the age and gender distribution of a particular
population
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12. central place the-ory
Answer:
a theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of
market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and
provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther
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13. green house gasses
Answer:
gasses such as carbon dioxide and methane that absorb and give off infrared radiation as a part of
greenhouse effect
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14. carrying capacity
Answer:
The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources
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15. gentrification
Answer:
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of
lower-income people)
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16. push factor
Answer:
eg. unemployment or the lack of freedom of speech, that makes people want to leave their country
and move to another one
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17. pull factor
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. migrate
Answer:
move from one country or region to another and settle there
Question:
2. immigrant
Answer:
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
Question:
3. emigration
Answer:
movement of individuals out of an area
Question:
4. demography
Answer:
the study of human populations (and characteristics of those populations; eg. age, gender)
Question:
5. birth rate
Answer:
number of births per year for every 1000 people
Question:
6. death rate
Answer:
the number of deaths per year for every 1000 people
Question:
7. rate of natural in-crease
Answer:
combination of birth and death rate that calculates the rate at which a country is increasing (or
decreasing) in population
Question:
8. net migration rate
Answer:
= immigration rate minus emigration rate
Question:
9. doubling time
, Answer:
the time required for a population to double in size; uses the rule of 70
Question:
10. dependency load
Answer:
portion of the population that is not in the workforce; total people under 14 and over 65
Question:
11. population pyra-mid
Answer:
a model used in population geography to show the age and gender distribution of a particular
population
Question:
12. central place the-ory
Answer:
a theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of
market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and
provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther
Question:
13. green house gasses
Answer:
gasses such as carbon dioxide and methane that absorb and give off infrared radiation as a part of
greenhouse effect
Question:
14. carrying capacity
Answer:
The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources
Question:
15. gentrification
Answer:
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of
lower-income people)
Question:
16. push factor
Answer:
eg. unemployment or the lack of freedom of speech, that makes people want to leave their country
and move to another one
Question:
17. pull factor
