geography

• what is an economic migrant An economic migrant is a person who travels from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living.
• what is a refugee

  A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence
• what is population 


  population- the whole number of people or inhabitants of a country
• what is a demographic transition model

  shows the relationship between birth rates and death rates and population, but not migration.
• why did china have a one child policy

  chine had a one child policy because their population was too high
• what were the two first known megacities

  New York and Tokyo
• how to control population

  increased access to contraception, family planning, wealth redistribution, and one-child policies.
• what is population distribution

  this where people or houses and building are spaced out in an even way and are not crammed
• what are some signs that a place may have a high population

  Acess to water and food, lots of jobs,many tourist attractions, river for transport and good supply of fossil fuels
• what signs may show that a place has a low population density

  no fertile land, weather/extreme climate, bad economy,not many resources, not easy to get food and water
• what does a population pyramid show

  the numbers or percentages of males and females in each age group
• what does it mean if a country is over populated

  the state whereby the human population rises to an extent exceeding the carrying capacity of the ecological setting
• what does it mean if a place is underpopulated

  Underpopulation means when a country's population is fewer than required for development
• what is globalisation

  Globalization is the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world's economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information.
• what is a migrant 


  a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.
• what is a immigrant

  a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
• why is china a manufacturer

  strong business ecosystem, relatively lax commercial regulations, low taxes and duties, and competitive currency practices
• what is a sweatshop 


  a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
• what is fast fashion

  Fast fashion is the business model of replicating recent catwalk trends and high-fashion designs, mass-producing them at a low cost, and bringing them to retail quickly while demand is at its highest.
• what are some problems with sweatshops

  over exploitation,unreasonable working hours, fast fashion, oppressive working conditions, unfair time from paycheck to paycheck,unhealthy conditions,employed at low wages
• what does TNC stand for

  transnational corporations. These are large businesses that operate in a number of countries.
• what is a cencus

  Census- A document of everyone’s name in the country
• what is birth rate

  Census- A document of everyone’s name in the country
• what is death rate

  Death Rate-  Number of deaths per 1,000 of the country’s population per year
• what is natural increase

  Natural Increase- If the birth rate is higher than the death rate 
• natural decrease

  Natural Decrease- If the death rate is higher than the birth rate 
• what is Rural to Urban Migration

  Rural to Urban Migration- Movement of people from countryside to towns
• what is urban to rural migration Urban to Rural Migration- Movement of people for towns to countrysides
• what is urbanisation Urbanisation- Process of people moving to live in cities around the world and is common Urbanisation- Process of people moving to live in cities around the world and is common in the UK, Europe and the USA due to the industrial revolution
• what is the journey of a t shirt

  1. Sourcing of raw materials. Farmers use enormous cotton harvesting equipment to gather cotton balls from the fields. ...
  2. Processing of raw material. ...
  3. Printing of the processed raw material. ...
  4. Cutting and sewing of printed material. ...
  5. Finishing touch. ...
  6. Quality control of the final product.

  
• what are glaciers

  Glaciers - compressed snow and ice and rocks can be trapped inside
• what are Continental glaciers

   ice sheets that cover a massive amount of land 
• alpine glaciers

  found on the side of mountains and navigate down the valleys very slowly 
• what do they need

  They need: 

  1. Temperature of at least 0c 
  2. Lots of snow 
  3. No increase in temperature to melt sno
• what are they

  They are: 

  1. 75% of the world's fresh water 
  2. 10% of the earth's surface 
  3. In 47 countries 
• what is the greenhouse affect

  Greenhouse effect - gases in the atmosphere like methane and co2 that trap and absorb heat to keep the earth warm, radiation is still allowed to leave the atmosphere 
• what is the enhanced greenhouse affect

  Enhanced greenhouse effect - when the gases in the atmosphere trap too much heat and change the climate, this retains heat

  We need some c02 in our atmosphere to keep us warm enough to survive. However humans have released too much co2 for extraction and use of fossil fuels and other methods meaning the atmosphere increases. 
• how many countries are in africa

  54