Geography: Population,Migration, Urbanization

What are some location with scarce population?

Siberia, Russia, Sahara Desert, Africa, Greenland, North America, Outback, Australia, Amazon Rain forest, South America, Antarctica, Central Asia

If you want to relocate what info might you find on the US census?

Ethnicity, Politics, Education, Crime, Religion, Gender, Language

Why populations are drawn to certain areas? Today? Historically?

Opportunities, Food & Water, Climate, Family

What did Pro-Natalists offer large families (Soviet Russia/Nazi Germany)?

Money, Cut Taxes, Free Childcare, Paternity Leave, Good & Services, Education

Give some examples of natural disasters?

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Typhoons, Hurricanes, Landslides, Flooding, etc. (exempt wildfires)

What are push/pull factors?

Some things that pull in immigrants and force people to immigrate

What are some push/pull factor examples?

Economics, Politics, Social/Family, Education, Health

Xenophpobia

Fear of foreigners

Refugee

One who crosses an international border to seek refuge

Guest Worker

People from poorer countries who come for temp. employment

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Excluded Chinese from coming to U.S

The Quota Act

Limited immigrants able to get in, how they were treated/welcomed

Brain Drain

Best and brightest brought into the country

Between 1829-1929, 90% of immigrants came from…

Europe

New immigrants faced some difficulties between 1905-1914? Who were they and what were those difficulties?

South/Eastern Europeans & Asian: Clothing, Language, Religion, Customs

Unauthorized also means…

Undocumented

What is a visible minority?

Someone who you can see is a minority

What was the problem for Japanese Americans during WW2?

After the bombing of pearl harbor the Japanese became the enemy. They sent Japanese (even Japanese- Americans) to interment camps since they were visible minorities

How has immigration changed in recent years?

More women, children 18 and under travelling alone

Until 2006, most immigrants came from the US from… and after that who?

Germany until 2006, After was Mexico

CBD

Central Business District, Compact

Gentrification

converting low income areas to higher value

Rural is the…

Country

Urban is the…

City

Fragmentation

Eroding infrastructure

Megalopolis

One city running into another

Two elements a first world nation must have to function is…

Communication and Transportation

Why was improvement in transportation so vital to the creations of cities?

Allows for commute to different areas, people able to experience diversity, travel to other areas they couldn't;’t have by foot