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Population Growth/Shrinking Natural: birthrate/death rate Adding territory Immigration –S–Since 1820, 60M US
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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
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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.
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Chapter 1 Review Quiz!
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People who moved here from other countries
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immigrants
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A legally recognized member of the country.
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citizen
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Someone who is in a country they are not allowed to be in.
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illegal alien
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Someone who is fleeing or forced out of their home country
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refugee
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Someone who is allowed to be in a country, but is not a citizen.
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alien
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Name 1 thing an alien needs in order to be allowed in the country.
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passport work visa student visa green card
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The theory where immigrants are encouraged to assimilate, drop their language and culture, adopt American customs, and blend in.
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The melting pot
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This theory celebrates the diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds that immigrants bring to the country. Immigrants are NOT expected to become totally Americanized.
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salad bowl model
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In 1882, our nation passed the first restriction on immigration. What group of people did we want to prevent from entering the US?
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The Chinese
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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.
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Quota
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Someone who is a citizen of the United States by birth is called _______-______.
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native-born
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The legal process by which an alien becomes a citizen
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naturalization
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The US is made up primarily of: immigrants descendents of immigrants illegal aliens the Irish
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descendants of immigrants
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an official counting of the population
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census
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The US census takes place every ________ years.
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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?
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1790
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The study of the characteristics of human populations
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demographics
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The annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population
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birthrate
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A movement of large numbers of people from region to region within a country
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migration
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