Homeworks

Departamento de Geografía e Historia

UNIT 3. THE POPULATION. KEYS FOR THE EXAM (you have to know…): -

Define: •

Population.

• Migration

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Demography.

• Rural Exodus.

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Population Explosion.

• Refugees.

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Baby Boom.

• Foreigners Act (Ley de extranjeria).

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Population pyramid.

• Underground economy.

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Explain the differences between: • •

Census, register of inhabitants

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Active and inactive population.

and civil registration.

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Migrant and immigrant.

Birth rates and fertility.

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List the utilities that may have population studies.

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Calculate Density rates, mortality, infant mortality, expectatives of life, birth, fertility, natural increase, migration, real growth, unemployment...

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Recognizes whether a country is rich or developed from their rates.

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List/resume in a diagram the factors settlement and classifies them into natural and human.

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Points in a world or Spain map the great centers and gaps population.

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List/resume in a diagram the factors affecting mortality and birth.

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Summarize in a table the demographic transition.

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Recognizes in a graphic the different stages of the demographic transition.

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Build a population pyramid.

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Recognizes what kind of country belongs a population pyramid and its

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List the advantages and disadvantages of each population structure.

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Name / lists the demographic structure for each type of policy.

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Recognize which country belongs to a graph of economic structure.

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Classify the kinds of migration.

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Lists / names the elements involved in a migration.

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consequences.

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Point in a map the current migrations.

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Name / lists the benefits and disadvantages of migration.

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: POPULATION DENSITY. 1. Define: [In the summary specified] a) Population:

d) Register of inhabitants (Padrón):

b) Demography: c) Census:

e) Civil registration:

2. Copy the diagram in your notebook about demography studies:

3. Calculate the population density rate.

Superficie Km2

Habitantes

JAPON

370.000

127.214.500

BRASIL

8.500.000

182.032.600

RUSIA

17.075.200

144.526.280

AUSTRALIA

7.659.861

21.766.711

CHINA

9.572.900

1.336.718.015

EE. UU.

9.400.000

290.342.550

FINLANDIA

339.000

5.269.250

MONGOLIA

1.564.160

3.133.318

EGIPTO

1.002.000

82.079.636

MAURITANIA

1.564.160

3.218.634

ESPAÑA

500.000

40.217.413

INDIA

3.300.000

1.049.700.100

Densidad

a) Order it from more and less populated. b) Why has China less population density than Japan if China is the

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most populous country? c) Why is there so little density in Finland? And what in Mongolia? d) Why Egypt and Mauritania have such different density if both are in a desert?

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: THE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION. 1. Read and complete the summary table in your notebook: Factor favouring settlement Physical factors

Human factors

2. Look at the world map below and answer the questions:

a) What are the most populated hemispheric, North or South? b) What are, from highest to lowest, the most populated areas in the world? c) What are the most uninhabited or empty areas in the world? d) Does it affect physical factors in a poor country like in a rich one? e) Is Spain a populated country or sparsely populated?

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3. Look at the Spain map below and answer the questions:

a) Are there more people in the interior or in the coast? Why? b) Are there any exceptions? Which ones? c) Is the population of Spain mostly urban or rural?

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: NATURAL MOVEMENT. 1. Calculate the rates below: Andalucía

Cantabria

You have to calculate

Population

7.687.518

334.784

Density

Area

87.597

5.321

Birth Rate

Births

86.015

4.783

Mortality Rate

Deaths

64.715

5.519

Infant Mortality Rate

Deaths of children under one year

344

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Vegetative Growth

2. Look at the map below of Vegetative Growth and answers:

a) What continents have more growth? Are they developed countries? b) Which countries have lower growth? Why did they not grow? c) What means negative growth? Looking for a country that has it.

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3. Look at the map and answer:

a) Which Communities has more growth? Which are losing population? b) Why are these differences?

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: THE EVOLUTION OF THE POPULATION 1. Define: a) Natural movement: b) Population Explosion: c) Baby Boom: 2. Look at the graphic below and complete the table in your notebook:

Birth Rate

Mortality

Age of the Population

Vegetative Growth

Old Demographic Regime Demographic Revolution New Demographic Regime

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3. Look at the graphs and answer:

a) How has been the evolution of the Spanish population? b) Why there was negative growth in 1910 and 1930?

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Where and when?

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: THE POPULATION PYRAMIDS. 1. Draw in your notebook the three types of pyramids, write which age group predominates in each one and what kind of country belongs:

2. Built a population pyramid in your notebook with the table. o

Use a grid to the coordinate axes.

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The men on the left and women on the right.

3. Answer the questions about the pyramid: a) What is a population pyramid? b) Are born more boys or more girls? At what age are balanced? c) Has a profile of pagoda or barrel? Is the population growing? d) Does young or adults predominate?

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e) How is the Birth rate? How is the mortality? f) What kind of country is it? g) What are their problems and advantages? h) Is there a hole or ledge on the pyramid? Why?

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: THE STRUCTURES OF POPULATION. 1. Explain the difference between active and inactive population.

2. Calculate the following rates: density, births, deaths, vegetative growth, activity and unemployment.

Active population

Unemployed

509,685 325,466

13,763

2,286

495,400 381,042

22,404

1,927

Population

Area

Births

1982

37.844.910

500,000

2007

45.200.737

500,000

Deaths

3. With the data, built a pyramid of population. Use a grid sheet.

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4. Look at the graphic and answer the questions.

a) In which sector are more Spanish workers used? And in 1900? b) Which belongs a rich country and which a poor one? Why? c) With 2004 data complete the graphic on the right.

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: MIGRATION MOVEMENTS. 1. Define or explain the differences between: a) Migration: b) Immigration and emigration: c) Birth and fertility: d) Natural growth and real growth: 2. Complete in your notebook the following diagram.

3. Read these statements about different emigrations and classify them in the Table. a) "Because I could not defend what I think, I had to abandom my country." b) "I'm young and I think if I leave the USA I'll get to work experience, and that will improve my resume. " c) "In this part of the country the government persecutes those who are Kurds, and if I'm not leaving to another place, they can kill me. " d) "In my country the drought lasts many years and people die of hungry, so I want to emigrate. " e) "My family lives on agriculture but we can not feed all, and my older brothers will have to migrate to the city. " f) "Every summer I move to the coast to work as a waiter in a popular tourist area. " According its causes According its duration

According its destination

A B C D E F

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4. If you have ever migrated, make a half-page editorial explaining why you have had to emigrate, what you left behind (home, friends, family...) and you felt doing so. If you have not migrated, imagine your feelings.

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: THE MAIN MIGRATIONS IN THE WORLD. 1. Define: a) Rural Exodus: b) Refugees: 2. Look at the map and answer:

a) What kind of countries receives people, rich countries or poor ones? b) From where are the expelled population? c) Spain is receiving or sending country? d) Where migrate mainly Europeans? Why?

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3. Look at the graph and map and responds:

a) Why are there so many British and German immigrants? And Moroccan? b) What areas of Spain do immigrants prefer?

José Carlos Núñez Vidal

Departamento de Geografía e Historia ACTIVITIES: THE CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION. 1. Define: a) Brain Drain: b) Foreigners Act (Ley de extranjeria). c) Underground Economy: 2. Complete in your notebook the table below: EFFECTS OF MIGRATION For countries Departure

For arrival countries

Benefits

Benefits

Problems

Problems

3. Calculate Growth, Balance Migrant and real growth: Population

Births

Deaths

Emigrants

Immigrants

14,800

580

180

325

24

17,900

320

170

84

728

21,100

530

170

528

46

Vegetative

Migration

Real

Final

Growth

Balance

Growth

Population

4. Answer the following questions: a) If developed countries gave more aid to develop economies of poor countries, how would it affect migration? b) If you move your house within your city, is a migration? Why? c) If you accept a scholarship to study for a year in London, what kind

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of migration will be?

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Departamento de Geografía e Historia REVIEW ACTIVITIES. 1. Calculate the following rates and indicates whether they are poor or rich countries.

Country

Population

Births

Deaths

Birth Rate

Mortality

Vegetative Growth

Nigeria

133.881.700

5.194.609

1.847.567

Spain

40.217.413

406.195

382.065

India

10.497.001.000

244.580.123

89.224.508

USA

290.342.550

4.093.829

2.438.877

Japan

127.214.500

1.221.559

109.404

Angola

10.766.471

490.951

277.774

Zambia

10.307.333

407.139

250.468

Brazil

182.032.600

3.221.977

11.103.988

2. Built and analyse the following pyramid of Egypt.

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3. Complete in your notebook the following scheme.

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Departamento de Geografía e Historia RECOVERY ACTIVITIES. 1. Are the following statements true or false?

2. Complete the following table:

3. Match the following stages with their demographic characteristics

4. Underline the defining features of the population of this pyramid:

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5. Describe the shape of this pyramid and how its population is:

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Departamento de Geografía e Historia 6. Find these concepts in the puzzle:

a) Average number of children that a woman will have in her lifetime. b) Births in a population. c) Deaths in a population. d) Relationship between the territory and the population. e) Displacement that is a change of residence. f) A person who leaves his place of birth. g) Population age and availability of work.

7. Look at the graphic and complete the text above.

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8. Look at the table and performs the following calculations.

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