Population Growth/Shrinking Natural: birthrate/death rate Adding territory Immigration –S–Since 1820, 60M US
Population demographic changes Households –Single parent? Numbers of kids? Women’s roles –Stay at home? Work? Average age –In US this has been getting older… diversity –Immigration
A population on the move Migration to the Cities –From farms. Why? Migration to the suburbs. Why? –Cars –highways –Affordable homes Migration to the Sunbelt. Why? –Government jobs. Airconditioning.
Chapter 1 Review Quiz!
People who moved here from other countries
immigrants
A legally recognized member of the country.
citizen
Someone who is in a country they are not allowed to be in.
illegal alien
Someone who is fleeing or forced out of their home country
refugee
Someone who is allowed to be in a country, but is not a citizen.
alien
Name 1 thing an alien needs in order to be allowed in the country.
passport work visa student visa green card
The theory where immigrants are encouraged to assimilate, drop their language and culture, adopt American customs, and blend in.
The melting pot
This theory celebrates the diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds that immigrants bring to the country. Immigrants are NOT expected to become totally Americanized.
salad bowl model
In 1882, our nation passed the first restriction on immigration. What group of people did we want to prevent from entering the US?
The Chinese
In the 1920s, we established a __________. This is a specific number of immigrants from certain countries who are allowed to enter the country each year.
Quota
Someone who is a citizen of the United States by birth is called _______-______.
native-born
The legal process by which an alien becomes a citizen
naturalization
The US is made up primarily of: immigrants descendents of immigrants illegal aliens the Irish
descendants of immigrants
an official counting of the population
census
The US census takes place every ________ years.
10
Our nation’s first census took place in _ _ 9 0. Hint: a few years after our nation was first founded. When was our declaration of independence?
1790
The study of the characteristics of human populations
demographics
The annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population
birthrate
A movement of large numbers of people from region to region within a country
migration