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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
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