Earth Module 6: Earth and Human Activity

What has NOT led to the large population of the world?

• Increases in food production

• Discoveries in medical science

• Improvements in sanitation

• Decreases in sanitation

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In a country that has a growing population...

• The birth rate is higher than the death rate

• The death rate is higher than the birth rate

• The birth rate equals the death rate

What is population density?

• The number of people who live in a specified area

• The average number of people who live in a certain area

• The death rate subtracted from the birth rate

• The number of births subtracted from the death rate

What is population?

• The number of people who live in a specified area

• The average number of people who live in a certain area

• The death rate subtracted from the birth rate

• The number of births subtracted from the death rate

Pull factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country.
• reasons people leave an area
• reasons that drive a person out of their country

Which of the following is NOT a Pull factor?

• freedom
• entertainment
  wealth
• entertainment
• poverty

Push factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country
• reasons that drive a person out of their country
• reasons people migrate to a new area

Immigration is

• returning to your home after an extended vacation

• leaving your home for an extended vacation

• permanently moving to another country

• belief that native-born Americans are superior to others

Taylor __________ from Italy to Canada, making Canada his new home. (Point-of-view of the departure)

• Emigrated

• Immigrated

• Displaced

• Migrated

Which of the following are push factors? Choose more than one

• Political factors

• Wars

• Natural disasters

• Medical care

• Education