Population Change

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What statistic adds to a country's population?

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birth rate

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What statistic subtracts from a country's population?

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death rate

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How do you find the rate of natural increase for a country?

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subtract the death rate from the birth rate

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Why has the world's population increased so rapidly in the past 200 years?

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Farmers have improved food production

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Which of the following illustrates a push factor? Anu moves from India to the United States to be with her family living there. Peter moves from his small town to Nashville to find a job in the music industry. Amit moves to Turkey from his home in India after an earthquake destroys his village. Bethany moves from her home in Ohio to go to school in France.

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Amit moves to Turkey from his home in India after an earthquake destroys his village.

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What is the world's population?

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over 8 billion

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Which term means "to enter and live in a new country"?

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immigrate

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Sara wants to start a new life in the United States because she heard there were more job opportunities. Is this an example of a push or pull factor?

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Pull Factor

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John is tired of his government not treating him fairly and taxing him too much. Would this be a push or pull factor?

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Push Factor

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Eric lives on the coast of a country that constantly experiences terrible hurricanes. If he decided to move, this would be a...

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Push Factor