Demographic Changes and Migration Patterns

Stack #3725157 Question Which of the following describes a concern for a country with an aging population? Answer As the proportion of older people in the country increases, fewer young workers are available to contribute tax revenues to support programs that provide services to the older population. Country A is a more developed country with a low birth rate, a low total fertility rate, a high life expectancy, and a Pressures on pension and social security programs are high percentage of urban population. Based on this at critical levels as the number of elderly increases. information, which of the following outcomes is most likely to occur in Country A? Which of the following would be most likely to increase life expectancy in a less developed country, resulting in an Improvements in access to health care and sanitation aging population in that country? International migration and voluntary migration: Which of the following types of migration are correctly Family A from Mumbai has convinced their close explained by the example given? friends Family B to emigrate to London as they did in order help start up their business. In 2018, a large number of migrants from Afghanistan and Economic growth and employment opportunities in Iraq applied for asylum in the European Union. Which of Europe, attracting immigrant workers the following is a pull factor that explains this migration? The international Syrian refugee crisis that started in political push factor from Syria, where armed 2011 is best explained by which of the following migration A conflict imperils personal safety factors? There is an economic aspect to the Catalan Which of the following is an accurate comparison of independence movement, while the Quebecois focus devolutionary movements in Spain and Canada? mainly on cultural differences. Compare the centralized power of the Soviet Union with the contemporary Russian Federation, in terms of the control of territory. Which of the following statements does the information in the map best support? Which of the following events could be a threat to a state’s sovereignty at the national scale, while holding a region together at the global scale? Which of the following correctly compares the impact of centripetal forces at the local scale with the impact of centripetal forces at the national scale? Which of the following compares the impact of increased global communications technology to the impact of statecontrolled media? Russia is an ethnically diverse region with many subnational units. Admittance into a supranational organization such as the European Union Centripetal forces at both the local scale and the national scale may lead to increased cultural cohesion. Global communications technology may bring in new ideas that act as centrifugal forces, whereas statecontrolled media is utilized as a centripetal force to present a common message. Nunavut in Canada is a semiautonomous region that allows an indigenous group w/in Canada maintain own created centripetal forces at both local and national culture local government, reducing threat fragmentation. It scales. Which best compares the impact of the creation of Nunavut at both local and national scales? Uneven economic development as eastern Brazil Which of the following best explains a likely effect of experiences more growth than the sparsely inhabited Brazil’s population distribution? western regions Which of the following explains why a country with a high The population places a large amount of pressure on physiological density (e.g., Japan, Egypt, or the the arable land to produce enough food without Netherlands) risks exceeding its carrying capacity? risking severe environmental degradation. The increasing percentage of urban dwellers in moregreater access to job opportunities, resources, and developed countries is best explained by facilities The state of California, often considered a hearth of environmental laws, will be the first state to ban plastic Similar environmental laws will likely spread through straws. Which of the following statements best describes stimulus diffusion to other states via political activism. the likely spread of this environmental practice? Which of the following best exemplifies the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world in contemporary society? Which of the following best explains the Internet’s homogenizing effect on global language patterns? The photograph shows a road sign in the Republic of Ireland. Which of the following best describes the sign's significance within the cultural landscape? Nineteenth century, large proportion Swedish immigrants came to the United States settled rural of Minnesota. Descendants remain in Minnesota today, as shown onmap. Which best describes pattern of Swedish-American ethnicity Minnesota’s cultural land Which of the following statements explains the regional location in the United States where the figures shown in the image are most likely part of the cultural landscape? The map shows the distribution of the language family that has the largest number of speakers in the world. Which statement correctly identifies the language family shown and the method of diffusion that best explains the pattern? The image shows a religious structure in Mexico City. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn based on the image? Based on the data in the table, which of the following is a possible impact of ethnic and religious diversity in Iraq? Based on the map, which of the following best explains the implications of physical geography as the Kurds continue to struggle for an independent state in their ethnic homeland? Which of the following possible political effects is implied by the data in the table? The former international border between East Germany and West Germany is best described as Which of the following describes an example of a consequent boundary? Which of the following is an example of a superimposed boundary? Based on the two images, which of the following statements best explains the geographic process that took place as Islam diffused from its hearth? The sign shown in the image includes an Internet address for the county government. Explain how the sign illustrates the cultural tensions between traditional languages and English. The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications The English language is widely used on the Internet. The sign promotes the use of traditional language among citizens of the Republic of Ireland. A clustered pattern of Swedish ethnicity The Southwest, because residents are influenced by Spanish Catholicism. Indo-European language family, which diffused from its hearth in the Caucasus Mountains and spread throughout Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas, Africa, and Australia through colonialism and relocation diffusion. Spanish colonialism influenced architecture of the cultural landscape. Ethnicity and religion lead to devolutionary pressures in the country by politically dividing regions. Most areas with a Kurdish majority population are landlocked and therefore dependent on good relationships with their neighbors in order to access trade and prosper economically. The high level of economic difference between the regions in Italy acts as a devolutionary force. a relict boundary Canada created the province of Nunavut to provide greater autonomy for the First Nations. The geometric boundary between Iraq and Saudi Arabia Islam diffused hierarchically to the west through conquest and to the east through relocation via missionaries along trade routes. The Internet spreads the use of English as a global lingua franca, but the Internet is also a place where traditional languages can be communicated and thrive. map shows how in many areas of the former How does the map illustrate global diffusion of the French The French empire the language persists despite the language from its cultural hearth in Paris? independence of former colonies.