Migration

To emigrate means to...

• move from a country.
• move to a country.
• seek safety by going to another country.
• leave home and go to work.

To immigrate means...

• you are always poor
• move from a country
• move to a country
• leave a place because of war and seek safety in another country

Something that encourages people to LEAVE a place

• persecution
• pull factor
• push factor
• drought

Something that encourages people to move TO a new place

• money
• pull factor
• education
• push factor

All of the following are major push factors that cause people to leave their home countries except

• hunger
• poverty
• violent conflict
• economic opportunity (new job opportunity)

Which of the following is NOT a major pull factor drawing people to the United States?

• family 
• schools
• freedom
• persecution

Immigrants MOST help to build the US economy by

• by learning to speak the official language, English.
• using public services, like education and health care.
• serving in the military.
• starting new businesses.

What are the payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country called?

• consumption
• economic activity 
• love
• remittances

Which is the BEST definition of "brain drain"?

• the loss of skilled workers who move to other countries
• the loss of war refugees who seek safety in other countries
• the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries
• the loss of good students who attend college in other countries

Someone who is seeking safety by going to another country because of political unrest or war, like in Syria right now, is called a(n)

• refugee
• illegal alien
• immigrant
• legal migrant