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1 Population Growth/Shrinking Natural: birthrate/death rate Adding territory Immigration –S–Since 1820, 60M  US

2 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

3 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.

4 Chapter 1 Review Quiz!

5 People who moved here from other countries

6 immigrants

7 A legally recognized member of the country.

8 citizen

9 Someone who is in a country they are not allowed to be in.

10 illegal alien

11 Someone who is fleeing or forced out of their home country

12 refugee

13 Someone who is allowed to be in a country, but is not a citizen.

14 alien

15 Name 1 thing an alien needs in order to be allowed in the country.

16 passport work visa student visa green card

17 The theory where immigrants are encouraged to assimilate, drop their language and culture, adopt American customs, and blend in.

18 The melting pot

19 This theory celebrates the diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds that immigrants bring to the country. Immigrants are NOT expected to become totally Americanized.

20 salad bowl model

21 In 1882, our nation passed the first restriction on immigration. What group of people did we want to prevent from entering the US?

22 The Chinese

23 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.

24 Quota

25 Someone who is a citizen of the United States by birth is called _______-______.

26 native-born

27 The legal process by which an alien becomes a citizen

28 naturalization

29 The US is made up primarily of: immigrants descendents of immigrants illegal aliens the Irish

30 descendants of immigrants

31 an official counting of the population

32 census

33 The US census takes place every ________ years.

34 10

35 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?

36 1790

37 The study of the characteristics of human populations

38 demographics

39 The annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population

40 birthrate

41 A movement of large numbers of people from region to region within a country

42 migration


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