Unit 2 Geo/Hist test

Refugee

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

migrant

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

asylum

the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.

asylum seeker

a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

United Nations agency that helps refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people

population density

the number of people living in a specific area, usually expressed as people per square mile or square kilometer

Chinese Exclusion Act

Federal law passed by congress in May, 6 1882 first major law to restrict immigration to the United States and had several key provisions, including:

Brain Drain

the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country.

Net emigration

term used to describe when the number of people leaving a country is greater than the number of people entering it

Internally displaced Person (IDP)

someone who has been forced to leave their home within their own country, but has not crossed an international border

Push Factors

Failing economy, persecution, natural disaster, etc. can be environmental, social, economic, political, or demographic

Pull Factors

high-paying jobs, education, pleasant climate, family connections etc. can be environmental, social, economic, political, or demographic

Nativism

the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native-born or indigenous people over those of immigrants

visas, as a refugee or asylum seeker, marriage to U.S citizen, or having a green card

What are the ways someone can legally enter the United States?

You have voting rights, deportation protection, eligible for government jobs, able to travel.

What are the benefits of becoming a United States citizen?

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

The number of live births for every 1,000 people

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

The number of deaths for every 1,000 people

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

The difference between the CBR and CDR a statistic that estimates population growth not including migration

If CBR is lower than CDR than the population is decreasing.

How do CBR and CDR factor into natural increase rate?

CBR-CDR=NIR

What is the equation to calculate NIR?

Old Wave Immigrants

those who arrived primarily from Northwestern Europe during most of the early 1800s

New Wave Immigrants

those from primarily from Southeastern Europe and Asia and made up a large part of the American immigrant population from 1890-1920.

New Wave

Were the new or old wave immigrants impoverished?

Stage 1

high birth and death rate, low population change, need agricultural labor, poor sanitation, and lots of diseases.

None

What countries are in Stage 1

Stage 2

high birth rate, rapidly declining death rate, rapid growth in population change, nutrition, sanitation and medicine improving

Mali, South Sudan

What countries are in Stage 2?

Stage 3

Declining birth and death rate, growing population, urbanization increases, decreases in need for child labor

Turkey and Indonesia

What countries are in Stage 3?

Stage 4

Low but stable birth and death rate, low growth in population

USA and China

What countries are in Stage 4?

Stage 5

Lower birth rate than death, low/increasing death rate, declining population.

Japan and Germany

What countries are in Stage 5?

Persecution, Military, lack of rights/laws, bad economy

Political reasons to leave your country

Persecution, culture, lack of sense of belonging, lack of services

Social reasons to leave your country

Resource depletion, rising sea levels, drought, extreme weather

Environmental reasons to leave your country

contributing to the workforce, stimulating local businesses through spending, filling labor gaps in certain sectors, and even boosting innovation through their diverse skills and experiences,

Explain the economic impacts refugees can have on a receiving country.