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One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...

• The world has infinite resources for everyone

• Birth rate is higher than death rate

• There are more and more places for people to live

• Death rate is higher than birth rate

A person forced to flee their country due to war, violence, or natural disaster is called a...

• Immigrant

• A runner

• Refugee

• An illegal alien

Things that attract people to a new place are called

• Push factors

• Pull factors

Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...

• Push factor

• Pull factor

An example of a push factor is...

• A new job

• A better school

• Natural disaster

• Better health care

The movement of people from rural areas into cities is called..

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• City moving

This population pyramid shows... (HINT: Think about the age of the most people in the country and what that tells us about the birth rate.)

• Rapid population growth

• Slow population growth

• Negative population growth

This population pyramid shows...

• a country with an old population

• a country with a young population

• a country with an uneven male/female distribution

This population pyramid shows...

• a large number of people under the age of 20

• most of the population is between the ages of 20 - 80

• most of the population is over the age of 80

A country with slow or negative growth is usually...

• Developed

• Developing