Migration

Migration

by Mrs. Christine Nanzer

​Migration

• ​is the movement of people from one area to another for food resources or better opportunities

• ​The first people are said to have come from Africa

​Migration

• ​Migration was allowed to take place during an ice age

• ​the water froze revealing land that connected the continents

• ​People moved from Africa to Europe to Asia & Australia to North America and finally to South America

​Why migrate?

• ​to find food

• ​to find a better climate

• ​to avoid war

• ​for better opportunities, such as to own land, start a business, education

​Population

Population increases when

• ​there is a good food supply

• ​there is good farmland

• ​there is good shelters

​Population

​Population decreases when

• ​an ice age

• ​drought

• ​diseases

​Country interactions

Interactions between countries can be positive such as

• ​trading for each country needs

• ​sharing ideas & traditions

​​Country interactions

Countries can have a negative impact on one another

• ​go to war

• ​steal people for slaves

• ​spread diseases

Multiple Choice

It is believed that man first orginated in

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

• Michigan

Multiple Select

A reason a population may decrease includes

• good food supply

• drought

• ice age

• good shelters

Multiple Select

A reason a population may increase includes

• a good food supply

• good shelters

• diseases

• drought

Multiple Select

Place a check by a positive country interaction

• war

• slavery

• trade

• share ideas and tradtions

Multiple Select

Place a check by a negative country interaction

• war

• trade

• share traditions

• disease

Multiple Choice

The movement of people from one area to another for food resources is called

• drought

• migration

• population

• civilization

Multiple Select

Place a check by a reason people migrate.

• find food

• get a disease

• avoid war

• find pets