Which of the following is an example of an economic pull factor?

the availability of high paying jobs in Silicon Valley

The closing of the Ford plant in St Paul

The choice to move to a country with freedom of religion

The need to escape war and persecution

Which of the following is an example of an environmental push factor?

leaving a location due to a hurricane

leaving a location due to a job loss

leaving a location to be nearer to family

leaving a location due to high crime

the large scale emigration of talented people

the process by which people are given preference for migration

people forced to migrate for political reasons

a cultural factor that hinders migration

Which statement most accurately describes the motivations of the historic European and current Latin American immigrants to the United States?

Both were and are motivated primarily by economic factors.

Migrants from Europe were fleeing religious persecution while migrants from Latin America are motivated by economic factors.

Migrants from Europe mostly spoke English while migrants from Latin American mostly speak Spanish.

Both were and are motivated by famine in their home country

From the discussions of demographic changes within the United States we can deduce that the largest level of interregional migration in the United States was caused by the

opening up of the western territories to settlement.

arrival of Europeans and their wars with Native Americans beginning in the 1600s

unauthorized immigration from Latin America, especially in the 1900s

immigration of Asians beginning in the early twentieth century, despite the Chinese Exclusion Acts

Counterurbanization is

migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs

moving from an urban core to suburban areas

the decline of the inner-city infrastructure

What is step migration?

A series of shorter, less extreme migrations from a person's place of origin to final destination

Occurs when an individual walks on a flight of stairs during the migration process

When a group of people migrate through rice terracing steps to get to their destination

Migration of animals from one destination to another

What is a characteristic of migrants which Ravenstein took note of?

Most long-distance migrants are single adults

Most migrants are families with children

Most short-distance migrants are male

Which of the following is not one of Ravensteins laws of migration?

All migrants choose to live in rural areas

Every migration flow generates a return or countermigration

The majority of migrants move a short distance

Migrants who move longer distance tend to choose big-city destinations

Internally displaced persons are....

People who have been displaced withing their own countries like Hurricane Katrina

People who bring their culture with them

People who blend in with their culture

Which of the following is the definition of emigration?

Movement of people away from a place

Movement of a group of people from one place to another

Which of the following is NOT one of Ravenstein's migration laws?

most international migrants are young women

most migration is rural to urban

migrants traveling long distances will likely settle in a big city

people in rural areas are more migratory than city dwellers

most migration is step migration

All of the following are examples of forced migration EXCEPT:

the California gold rush in the mid-19th century

the Trail of Tears in the early 19th century

the Irish Potato Famine from 1846 to 1850

the Japanese internment camps during World War II

Which of the following is true regarding emigration?

emigration reduces the pressure on land in overpopulated areas

emigration results in an influx of talented people in underdeveloped countries

emigration increases unemployment rates in underdeveloped countries

emigration can speed up development in underpopulated areas

emigration can increase culture diversity

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

__________ is the movement of people from one place to another.

refugee

migration

culture

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of FORCED MIGRATION?

Africans brought to the US as slaves

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following could be a PULL factor?

a destructive earthquake in Haiti

a strong education system in South Korea

a lack of jobs in Greece

a large number of refugees from Rwanda

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vandi was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the US permanently at the age six. Vandi is a(n)...

Immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Sierra Leone

emmigrant from the US and an immigrant to Sierra Leone

Immigrant to both the US and Sierra Leone

Refugee and a migrant from the US

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

___________ is when people are made to move because of war, persecution, or other types of negative circumstances.

Voluntary migration

Forced migration

Reluctant migration

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person who leaves their country to find safety in another county is a ____________.

bumblebee

tourist

refugee

wand

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Something that causes people to want to leave their county is a _____ factor.

pull

push

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Unit 3--Migration

__________ is the movement of people from one place to another.

Which of the following is an example of FORCED MIGRATION?

Which of the following could be a PULL factor?

Vandi was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the US permanently at the age six. Vandi is a(n)...

___________ is when people are made to move because of war, persecution, or other types of negative circumstances.

A person who leaves their country to find safety in another county is a ____________.

Something that causes people to want to leave their county is a _____ factor.

Something that causes people to want to move to another country is a _____ factor.

When a person moves to a new place because they choose to it is called ________ migration.

When a person moves because conditions where they live have become unfavorable it is called ____________ migration.

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