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Predict: Say or estimate that a specifi ed thing will U
happen in the future or will be a consequence of
Underpopulation: A state in which a country’s
something
population has declined too much to support its
Primary activities: The production of raw material and
current economic system
basic foods that includes activities like agriculture
Unnatural: Contrary to the ordinary course of nature
(both subsistence and commercial), mining, forestry,
farming, grazing, hunting and gathering, fi shing and
quarrying Chapter 3 - Migration
Probability: The extent to which something is likely
to happen A
Procreation: The production of off spring Align: Put things into correct or appropriate relative
positions
Productive age: Also known as the ‘working age’ which
is usually defi ned as the population of a country aged Ambition: A strong desire to do or achieve something
between 15 to 64 years B
Prominent: Important
Bering Strait: A strait of the Pacifi c, which separates
R Russia and Alaska slightly south of the Arctic Circle

Rural-urban migration: The movement of people Brain drain: The emigration of highly trained or
from the countryside to the city qualifi ed people from a particular country
S C

Sanitation: Conditions relating to public health,
Civil war: A war between citizens of the same country
especially the provision of clean drinking water and
Commuter: A person who travels some distance to
adequate sewage disposal
work on a regular basis
Semi-skilled worker: A type of worker who does work
Cornerstone: An important quality or feature on
generally of a defi ned and routine nature wherein the
major requirement is not so much of the judgment which a particular thing depends or is based
and skill but for the proper discharge of duties Cultural exchange: A broad defi nition given to any
assigned to him/her mutual sharing of information, usually cultural,
Sex composition: The proportion of the sexes in a between two or more species for the purpose of
defi ned population improving friendship and understanding between
Skilled worker: Any worker who has special skill, them
training, knowledge and (usually acquired) ability in D
their work
Sparse: Thinly dispersed or scattered Demographic: Relating to the structure of populations
Strain: To exert something so as to cause something Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment
to reach very far, often as far as possible of diff erent categories of people, especially on the
Substantial: Of considerable importance, size, or grounds of race, age or sex
worth E
Supplement: A thing added to something else in
order to complete or enhance it Emigration: The act of leaving one’s own country to
Sustain: Strengthen or support physically or mentally settle permanently in another
T F

Terrain: A stretch of land, especially with regard to its Favourable: To the advantage of someone or
physical features something

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