Chapter 8 Immigration/Emigration

To emigrate means to 

• leave a country
• enter a country
• seek safety in a country
• return to a country

To immigrate means to 

• leave a country
• enter a country
• seek safety in a country
• return to a country

The largest migration stream into the United States today comes from

• Mexico
  
• England
• Canada
• Cuba

A refugee is a person that is

• looking for work in another country
• seeking safety from another country
  
• is vacationing from another country
• not from a foreign country

A push factor

• encourages people to move to a place
• encourages people to stay in a place
• encourages people to leave a place
• encourages people to never go to a place

A pull factor

• encourages people to move to a place
• encourages people to stay in a place
• encourages people to leave a place
• encourages people to never go to a place

One example of an environmental push factor might be

• war
• poor job opportunities
• drought
• family

One example of a political push factor might be

• war
• poor job opportunities
• drought
• family

One example of an economic push factor might be

• war
• poor job opportunities
• drought
• family

One example of pull factor might be

• war
• poor job opportunities
• drought
• family