Unit 2: Migration Harding MS

Definition: The movement of either people or animals from one place to another.

• population density

• migration

• population

• push factor

Definition: A factor that motivates a person to leave a country or region.

• push factor

• pull factor

• migration

• migrate

Which of the following would be a push factor?

• finding a job in a new city

• moving to a town because you bought a new home

• leaving your country due to war

• going to college in a new state

Which of the following is a pull factor?

• war in your country

• losing your job

• living in an area with few resources

• a new job in a new country, region, or city

Definition: The migration of people is a choice by the person migrating.

• forced migration

• guest worker

• voluntary migration

Definition: The migration of people happens when people are forced to move.

• guest worker

• forced migration

• voluntary migration

Definition: When a person has a set of destination in mind, however, the person will stop at different locations along the way.

• step migration

• forced migration

• guest worker

Definition: A process of movement and settlement across international borders.

• step migration

• voluntary migration

• forced migration

• transnational migration

Definition: The migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.

• voluntary migration

• chain migration

• step migration

• forced migration

Sallie moved to California from Canada to work on movies. She moved to California because she was in search of a higher paying job with a studio. What type of migration is this?

• guest worker

• forced migration

• chain migration