Migration Human Geography

Which of the following would be a pull factor, or something that pulls someone to a new place?

• a shortage of food
• cheap, good farmland
• lack of jobs
• lack of freedom

Which of the following would be a push factor, or something that pushes someone out of a place?

• freedom
• good government
• lack of jobs
• chance for a better life

What was the secret group of routes, safe places, and people that helped enslaved people escape to freedom called?

• Orphan Trains
• Westward Movement
• The Great Migration
• The Underground Railroad

Which of the following could be a pull factor?

• a destructive huricane in Hati
• Freedom to practice whatever religion they want
• Poor quality schools in Cambodia
• Rocky soil that makes growing crops harder

Which of the following is an example of forced migration?

• Africans being taken from Africa to be sold into slavery
• A family moving to the US from Mexico in search of work
• Europeans establishing colonies in the New World
• People leaving Benin for better farming conditions 

A force that drives people to LEAVE a place is called a

• Push Factor
• Pull Factor

A force that draws people to MOVE TO a place is a 

• Push Factor
• Pull Factor

Which of the following could be a push factor?

• Better schools
• More job opportunities
• Hope for a better way of life
• Violence

Natalie left Bosnia in 1993. At the time, the country was at war and she faced discrimination due to her ethnicity. Based on this information, Natalie was a(n) ________. 

• immigrant to Bosnia
• Serbian emigrant
• seasonal migrant
• refugee

The movement of people from one place to another is called 

• Migration
• Immigration
• Emigration
• Movement