Deck 11: Population and Migration

Question 1

An example of a push factor is

A) higher wages.
B) rapid population growth.
C) family reunification.
D) political freedom.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The main concern for population growth is that the world's population has been decreasing.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The dominant pattern of migration in both rich and poor countries is

A) urban to rural.
B) rural to rural.
C) urban to urban.
D) rural to urban.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a reason behind migration encouraged by the government?

A) The goal of cultural homogeneity
B) The achievement of foreign policy objectives
C) The containment of dissidents of the government
D) The subduing of a region

Question 5

Refugees who try to gain permanent residence in the country to which they fled are known as

A) protection seekers.
B) asylum seekers.
C) citizenship seekers.
D) None of the above

Question 6

_____________ is the French policy that allows many people from its colonies to become residents of France.

A) Freedom of movement
B) Retribution policy
C) The policy of assimilation
D) Gastarbeiter Rotation System

Question 7

Demographic disparities among countries generally influence the distribution of economic, military, and political power among states.

Question 8

The movement of people from their native country to another country before arriving in the specific country they want to migrate to is known as __________ migration.

A) transit
B) seasonal
C) return
D) forced

Question 9

The _____________ rate is the level at which population remains stable.

A) sustainable
B) replacement
C) stable
D) established

Question 10

Migration has accompanied each wave of globalization.

Question 11

A growing dependency on immigrant workers is occurring in many countries because of

A) food insecurity.
B) the Bretton Woods System.
C) aging populations.
D) politically liberal leadership.

Question 12

The _____________ program established agreements between the United States and Mexico in order to facilitate the temporary migration of Mexican workers.

A) bracero
B) Mexican American
C) trabajador
D) migrant

Question 13

Population pressures often result in military conflict.

Question 14

_____________ are cities that are inhabited by enough migrants to make them have an international scope and appeal.

A) International zones
B) Global cities
C) Multicultural cities
D) Diasporas

Question 15

Thomas Malthus argued that because population increases by a geometrical ratio and food supplies increase by an arithmetical ratio, the world would have high rates of population growth and suffer from poverty and starvation.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a reason behind Europe's smaller population?

A) Geography and climate
B) Ability to conquer, colonize, and settle other countries
C) The smaller population it started off with
D) Secular background

Question 17

An example of a pull factor is

A) economic opportunities.
B) rapid population growth.
C) globalization.
D) political instability.

Question 18

The deportation of hundreds of thousands of Mexican migrants was known as

A) the Bay of Pigs.
B) Operation Wetback.
C) the refusal program.
D) the Bracero Program.

Question 19

The maximum number of humans or animals that can survive within a given area is known as

A) carrying capacity.
B) Malthusian thought.
C) destruction line.
D) All of the above

Question 20

_____________ live outside their country, as they are unable to return because of persecution.

A) Migrants
B) Displaced people
C) Refugees
D) Immigrants

Question 21

A _____________ is a community of people living outside their original or ancestral country.

Question 22

__________________ refers to the maximum number of humans or animals a given area can support without creating irreversible destruction to the environment.

Question 23

In what way do remittances help strengthen the ties between economies and people? Do you think remittances are a positive thing?

Question 24

What are some of the causes, as well as negative consequences, of high and low population growth rates?

Question 25

Encouraging immigration would help countries with aging populations.

Question 26

As large numbers of workers born during the baby boom of 1945-1965 retire, rich countries are confronting a sharp decline in the working-age population.

Question 27

Refugees attempting to obtain permanent residence in the country to which they fled are called __________________.

Question 28

____________________ are differentiated from refugees only by the fact that they remain within the boundaries of their country.

Question 29

Some countries, including the United States, favor selective ___________________
(i.e., the military invasion of a country)to prevent or diminish human rights abuses that drive people away from their homes.

Question 30

The ______________ was designed to preserve the ethnic or national composition of the United States as it was in 1920.

Question 31

People sometimes are pushed to migrate from their countries by ______________________, which arise when governments allow more land to be taken by large agro-export companies to create megafarms.

Question 32

____________________ is the involuntary movement of people, often due to a government initiative.

Question 33

Push factors are negative developments and circumstances that motivate or force people to leave their homes.

Question 34

Europe is faced with the spread of ___________________, that is, patterns of childbearing that would eventually result in indefinite population decline.

Question 35

The rate at which the population remains relatively stable is the _______________.

Question 36

Most developing countries have low population growth rates, and generally have little differences in income.

Question 37

Women are more likely than men to migrate under ordinary circumstances.

Question 38

Can you identify some of the push and pull factors that traditionally lead to increased regional and global migration?

Question 39

How will the global aging and pensions problems affect you?

Question 40

Discuss the economic, political, and social implications of migration for both sending and receiving countries.