Population Growth and Migration

An example of a push factor is...

• A new job

• A better school

• Natural disaster

• Better health care

Population growth rates are influenced by human, environmental, economic and —

• physiological factors

• political factors

• physical factors

• emotional factors

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

• Immigrant

• A runner

• Refugee

• An illegal alien

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

• Developed

• Developing

This population pyramid shows...

• a country with an old population

• a country with a young population

• a country with an uneven male/female distribution

According to the graph, which age group is the smallest for the male population in the United States?

• 40
• 80
• 10
• 85

Overpopulation, religious persecution, lack of job opportunities, agricultural decline and conflict have been push factors for —

• educational reforms
• migration
• determining cultural acquistion
• determining life expectancy

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

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• City moving

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

Things that attract people to a new place are called

• Push factors

• Pull factors