Today in human geo class we
finished watching the power point we started on Monday on population
and settlement. We learned about net migration rate, immigration, emigration,
pull and push factors, and total fertility rate. Here are the notes I took on
these topics:
Net Migration- The number of people entering a country subtracted by the
number of people leaving that country.
Immigration- Coming into a country
Emigration- Leaving a country
Pull Factors- Things that would make someone want to come to a country.
Examples:
· better economic opportunities
· better health services
· religious freedom
· political freedom
Push Factors- Things that would make someone want to leave the country they
are in. Examples:
· civil war
· environmental degradation
· unemployment/ underemployment
· religious/ ethnic
persecution
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)- the average number of
children born per woman.
We also
discussed immigrants and jobs in America. We were saying that a good majority
of Americans don’t do the labor jobs to the best of their ability, which is
why, a lot of the time, the foreigners (who work their butts off) end up
getting the job in place of Americans.
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