Review 1
1.What is demography?
2. Who collects and uses demographic information? How do they use it?
3. What is:
Natural increase
Natural decrease
Net migration
4. How do you calculate population change?
5. During which years did the baby boom take place?
6. What was Canada’s growth rate during the baby boom era?
Review 2
1.What were the causes of the baby boom?
2. Define and give a statistic on each of the following:
increased birth rate
increased marriage rate
marriage the norm and age of marriage
increased immigration rate
war brides
3. What are population pyramids and what do they show about a population?
4. What does it mean if a population pyramid has a wide base?
5. What does a 1961 Canadian population pyramid look like?
6. What does a 2001 Canadian population pyramid look like?
7. What is a major trend in today’s Canadian population due to the baby boomers?
Review 3
1. How were the baby boomers brought up differently from previous generations?
2. What infrastructure was built as a result of the baby boomers as kids?
3. What is meant by “child centered universe?”
4. Who is Dr. Spock and what did he believe?
5. What are some key cultural effects of the baby boomers as children and
teenagers?
6. What is counter-culture?
7. What is an example of counter-culture?
Review 4
1. What is sexual revolution?
2. What social changes and effects did the sexual revolution have on society?
3. What are some pros and cons of the sexual revolution?
4. Describe 3 ways in which the baby boomers affected society as they matured? (1
detail when they were kids, 1 as teens, 1 as young adults)
Review 5
1. What is “Echo Boom”?
2. What are some characteristics of Generation Y and how do they impact Canadian
society?
3. How are the echo boomers affecting the economy? Education?
4. What is the six-pocket phenomenon? Why is it important?
Review 6
1. What is dependency load?
2. What does the population pyramid of a high dependency load look like?
3. How can a high dependency load have negative social effects?
4. What are some ways of offsetting the dependency load?