Essential Question What reasons cause people to migrate to different areas?

MIGRATION

Essential Question

What reasons cause people to migrate to different areas?

Why People Migrate Push Factors: Push

people to leave a place:Escape religious

persecution, oppression, poverty, political conflicts, and/or environmental factors

Why People Migrate

Pull Factors: Factors attracting people to leave:Search for greater

political or religious freedom

Search for economic opportunity and to reinforce cultural ties

Migration: Social Factors Social Factors: people organizing

into groups: religious groups.Examples: Jewish Migration

Migration: Social Factors Social Factors: people migrate when

they are persecuted for being members of a specific ethnic group.Examples: Rwanda, Holocaust

• (Movie: Hotel Rwanda)

Migration: Political Factors Political Factors: people escape

political persecution to enjoy greater political freedom and rights in a new place.Examples: Cubans Flee Communism,

Flight of Afghan Refugees

Migration: Environmental and Economic Factors Environment Factors: People move with

the seasons. Changes in temperature or drought cause people to move.Examples: Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s.

Economic Factors: People leave a place to escape poverty and find better jobs.Examples: Early 20th Century(1900’s)

immigration into the US from Southern/Eastern Europe.

Migration: Forced Forced

Migration: migration is not voluntary. Usually accompanies war and persecution of people.Example: Slave Trade

from 1500-1800.

Physical Factors Affecting Migration Routes

People often migrate through valleys, across grasslands, and along water routes.

Groups of migrating people generally avoid natural barriers like mountains, deserts, and dense forests.

Some physical factors can change.Land-Bridge from Siberia to Alaska

Physical Factors Affecting Migration Routes

Migration Review

Using the examples mentioned in this power point, explain the importance of both “push” and “pull” factors to migration.Both of these items determine how and

when people move throughout the world affecting population of affected countries.

Can affect infrastructure and services provided in all countries involved.

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Migration Review

Increasing numbers of people from Latin America have migrated to the US over the last 3 decades. What has been the primary reason for this increased migration.A. to escape from the threat of Communism

B. to obtain religious freedom

C. to avoid natural disasters

D. to find new economic opportunities

ANSWER: D

Migration Review

Which of the following is an example of human migration caused by economic “pull” factor?A. Puritans migrated to Massachusetts to freely

practice their religion.

B. Afghan refugees fled to Pakistan to escape war involving Taliban and US forces.

C. Turkish workers migrate to Germany after 1945 to fill jobs in that nation.

D. East Berliners crossed into West Berlin in the 1960s to escape Communist rule.

ANSWER: C