Geography 101 Quiz with Verified Answers

Effects of Poverty Reduction - Population, economy, human rights, environment Effects of Economic Development - Aid, trade, debt relief, democratic governance, environment impact Cario Plan 1994 - Plan signed by 179 countries with a goal to stabilize the world population at 7.27 billion by 2015 Mobility - the capacity to move from one place to another Gross migration - the total number of people that leave and enter a country Net migration - the gain or loss in the total population of an area as a result of migration International migration - Voluntary and forced migration from one country to another Internal migration - Voluntary and forced and migration within a country Degree of choice factors - Whether the incentive for migration was forced or voluntary due to factors such as war, slavery, famine, or natural disaster Environmental migrants - Persons who no longer gain a secure livelihood in their traditional homelands because of what are primarily environmental factors of unusual scope Demographic consequences of migration - Migration can change the size, age, composition, and ethnic composition of the population Economic consequences of migration - Migrants may not be able to support the economy, and will utilize more resources than they are able to return Social Consequences - Can lead to cultural assimilation or cultural conflict Transnationalism - A process by which migrants, through their daily life activities create social fields that cross national boundaries Translocalism - Attachment to family, friends and place