Push/Pull Practice from study guide

Sara wants to start a new life in the United States because she heard there were more job opportunities. Is this an example of a push or pull factor?

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

Most people entering into the United States from 1880-1920 were coming from...

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

Which one is an example of a push pull factor?

• Push: Poverty and lack of jobs in home countries; Pull: Better economic opportunities in the U.S.

• Push: Access to education in home countries; Pull: War and violence in the U.S.

• Push: Freedom of speech in home countries; Pull: Political persecution in the U.S.

To come into another country to live permanently. Which term best fits this description?

• Emigrate

• Immigrate

• Immigrant

John is tired of his government not treating him fairly and taxing him too much. Would this be a push or pull factor?

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

Eric lives on the coast of a country that constantly experiences terrible hurricanes. If he decided to move, this would be a...

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

Since people are free to practice their chosen religion in the U.S. this would be a...

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

The discovery of gold in California would be a...

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

Once arriving in the U.S., most immigrants would head to...

• Suburban areas to live in large neighborhoods

• Rural areas to work on a farm

• The cities where there were more jobs

Push factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country

• reasons that drive a person out of their country

• reasons people migrate to a new area