Influencing Population Growth UNIT 4: SECTION 2

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE GROWTH Level of Education How children are viewed in the labor force Cultural traditions Level of Urbanization Availability of Birth Control

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DEATH RATE Food supply Medicine Sanitation

Germany, Russia, France Due to illness and lack of healthcare in Russia and France Germany used the “kindergeld” to help population growth PRO-NATAL COUNTRIES

India and China Populations are too big China used the “One Child Policy” No brothers or sisters India put in new ways of birth control to prevent large families ANTI-NATAL COUNTRIES

Migration UNIT 4: SECTION 3

People move from place to place as a result of: Voluntary actions Involuntary actions Unavoidable actions MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE

Things that make a place more attractive and beneficial convincing people to move Scenery Economy Resources “PULL” FACTORS FOR MIGRATION

Things that are unpleasant or life-threatening that force people to move Natural Disasters Recession War “PUSH” FACTORS FOR MIGRATION

MOVEMENT SCALES Movement occurs on two different scales: Individual – family moving into a city or to the suburbs Mass – large amounts of people moving b/c of famine, war, political unrest, etc.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON MIGRATION

MIGRATION OF HINDUS Hindus are migrating at an average of 50 families a month to India They are migrating because: Forced conversion to another religion Kidnappings for ransom Distrust in the government Living in Fear India is affordable enough for families to move and survive

GENOCIDE IN DARFUR Two Militia groups trying to control the area Have an abundance of weapons Very malicious (murder, rape, torture) Started around 1989 and continues on today Killed over 400,000 people and has forced 2,500,000 people to move/migrate

ACTIVITY Your father’s job has been moved to Asia. The family must move next week and you are only allowed to take three things (other than clothes). Paragraph 1: What three things will you take and why did you pick those three? Paragraph 2: How is your life going to change now that you are moving to another continent? Paragraph 3: What are three positive and three negative things that come from moving to another continent like Asia?