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Migration in Country A: flows, remittances and effects at two scales

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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________   Migration in Country A: flows, remittances and effects at two scales (7 points)

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Source 1: Migration flows in Country A (invented data)

Flow map of Country A, an invented country, with migrants per year. Within the country, arrows run to the Capital Region from the Northern Hills (40,000, the widest), the Western Uplands (25,000) and the Lake District (10,000), and from the Southern Forest to the South Coast (15,000). Dashed arrows show moves abroad: 20,000 a year from the Northern Hills and 15,000 from the South Coast.
Invented data for practice. Migrants per year, shown by arrow width: Northern Hills to Capital Region 40,000; Western Uplands to Capital Region 25,000; Lake District to Capital Region 10,000; Southern Forest to South Coast 15,000; Northern Hills to abroad 20,000; South Coast to abroad 15,000.

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Source 2: Households and remittances in five provinces of Country A

Households and remittances by province of Country A (invented data for practice)
ProvinceHouseholds with a migrant memberHouseholds getting remittancesRemittances as share of their income
Northern Hills45%40%35%
Western Uplands30%26%25%
South Coast18%16%20%
Lake District15%12%15%
Capital Region5%4%5%

Invented data for practice.

  1. (A) Identify Identify the province that receives the most migrants from within Country A, according to Source 1. [1 point]

    Identify means: Give the information asked for: a word or short phrase can earn the point, with no reasons needed.

  2. (B) Describe Describe the pattern of migration within Country A shown in Source 1. [1 point]

    Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.

  3. (C) Explain Explain one push factor that could cause the large flow of migrants out of the Northern Hills. [1 point]

    Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.

  4. (D) Explain Using Source 2, explain one economic effect of migration on households in the Northern Hills. [1 point]

    Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.

  5. (E) Compare Compare the demographic effect of migration on the Northern Hills with its effect on the Capital Region. [1 point]

    Compare means: Give a similarity or a difference and say it about both things, not one.

  6. (F) Explain Explain one way the loss of skilled workers who move abroad could affect Country A at the national scale. [1 point]

    Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.

  7. (G) Explain the degree Explain the degree to which Source 2 can show the effect of remittances on the whole of Country A. [1 point]

    Explain the degree means: State the degree first (to a high, moderate or low degree), then explain why with evidence.