PoplulationBy Kelly Kirkland, Sarah Behr ,and Katherine Montgomery

Outline• Baby Boom1.Conditions that Created it2.Effect on next Generation• Baby Bust1.Conditions that created it2.Effect on next generation• Generation X1.Info• Population Pyramids1.Definition2.Example• Push/Pull Factors1. Migration2. Conditions• Emigration/Immigration1.Conditions2.Great Migrations• Thomas Malthus1. Equation • Crude Birth/Death Rates1.Conditions that created it• Question key

Main Concepts•Baby Boom•Baby Bust•Generation X•Population Pyramids•Push/Pull Factors•Immigration/Emigration•Thomas Malthus•Crude Birth/Death Rates

Helpful Vocab. To Know•Cohort=a big group or amount•Economic=Relating to money in a certain

area•Unification=the process of unifying•Distribution=arrangement; the act of

unifying•Population=the total number of persons

inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.

Baby BoomBaby boomers are a cohort of individuals born

in the USA between 1946 and 1964. They were born because all the soldiers were coming home from WWII and economic and social conditions in America were “the bee’s knees”. (pg 135 Barron's)

These baby boomers were the parents of the Baby Busters, and will be supported by Generation X as the grow old.

Question: Which one is False? The Baby boom:1. Occurred during the years after WWII2. Were a result of free love during the late

1960s3. Was fostered by economic prosperity4. Are the elderly of today

Baby BustThe baby bust a was a period of time during the 60s

and 70s when fertility rates were dropping because women were going to school longer and waiting to get a stable job and marriage before they had children, and they had less children than their parents.

As a result of this, the baby boomers(the women in college) will be a big drain on the baby busters because there will be more baby boomers than baby busters who must support them. (pg 135 Barron's)

Question: Why were the baby boomer women waiting to have babies?

1. Their parents didn’t approve of the men they loved2. The women wanted to have a good job first3. Many of them were infertile because of radiation

exposure4. They would rather adopt cute foreign babies

Generation XGeneration X is a term coined by Douglas Coupland to

describe people born during 1965-1980. They are the baby busters. During their generation, American unification and peace had reduced because of the Watergate incident and the Vietnam war. (pg. 131 Barron's)

During their generation, fertility rates went down even more as they followed in their parent’s footsteps and sought higher education instead of having children right away.

Question: The author who coined the term “Generation X” was:

1. A retired artist and author2. A cook and an amateur geography enthusiast3. A barber who became interested in Human

Geography when he cut the hair of Mr. Barron4. An APHG teacher

Population PyramidsPopulation Pyramids are models used in population geography to exhibit the distribution of age and sex in certain places. They are one of many population models. (pg. 131 Barron's)Population pyramids are a good way to look at recent changes in populations. They create a convenient geographical basis to make predictions about future populations.

Question: When Baby Boomers reach old age, what will our population pyramid look like?1. An Hourglass, wide at the ends and narrow in

the middle2. A rectangle3. Carrot shaped, wide at the top and narrow at

the bottom.

Push/Pull FactorsPush/ Pull factors are factors that cause Immigration or Emigration. Push factors are factors that drive people out of a country. Examples are recession, or a lack of religious freedom.Pull factors are factors that draw people to a country. Examples are a pleasant climate, or better education.

Question: Which of the following are not push factors?1. A new law banning three or more children 2. War3. An economic downturn4. Work opportunities5. Famine

Emigration/ImmigrationEmigration is when people are leaving a country for any reason EXCEPT if they are refugees.Immigration is entering a country from another for any reason, EXCEPT forced migration such as slavery. (Pg. 122-124 Barron's)There are many causes for Emigration/Immigration, form something as simple as a nicer climate to something as complicated and nasty as war. There are 4 major migration waves in history:From 1607-1776(Colonialism)From 1803-1850(Louisiana Purchase)From 1870-1933(Ellis Island)From 1950s-TodayQuestion: Where are immigrants today coming from?

Thomas MalthusThomas Malthus was a reverend who wrote the essay: Essay on the Principle of Population.(1798)In this essay he claimed that populations grow exponentially, while food grows mathematically. Thus, one day population would outpace food production. (pg. 136 Barron's)His equation is:B-D+(E-I)=GrowthWhere B=birthD=DeathE=EmigrationI=ImmigrationQuestion: If B=26,D=13, E=24,and I=19, what does Growth equal?

Crude Birth/Death RatesThe Crude Birth/Death rates are the number of Births/Deaths per 1000 people. (pg. 135 Barron's)

These rates include all births(except stillborn) and all deaths, (again, except stillborn babies)

Question: The number of live births per thousand people is called:1. Crude birth rate2. Natural increase rate3. Total fertility rate4. Infant growth rate5. Exponential growth rate

AnswersBaby boom=2Baby bust=2Generation X=1Population Pyramids=3Push/Pull Factors=4Immigration/Emigration=Mainly South America and the CaribbeanThomas Malthus=18Crude Birth/Death Rates=1

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