APHUGs Migration Quiz

Brain drain is

• the large-scale emigration of talented people
• the process by which people are given reference for migration
• people forced to migrate for political reasons
• a cultural feature that hinders migration

I moved to Arizona because I enjoy warm weather.  What type of pull factor is this?

• Economic
• Environmental
• Social
• Political

"My government did not give me any freedoms, so I chose to leave and come to the United States of America."  This is an example of a.....

• Cultural pull factor

• Political push factor
• Environmental push factor
• Social pull factor

The term that best describes a moving to a new location is

• migration

• mobility

• immigration

• globalization

What is the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement?

• Ecumene 
• Census 
• Cohort 
• Pandemic

According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?

• older adults
• younger adults
• children
• families

Most migrants move for 

• economic reasons
• cultural reasons
• environmental reasons
• persecution reasons

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

• A hurricane
• failed harvest
• increase in taxes
• opening a new factory

The Atlantic Ocean is an example of

• an environmental push factor
• an intervening obstacle
• an environmental  pull factor
• an economic factor

What is an example of forced migration?

• Spanish moving to Mexico
• African slaves brought to the Americas.
• Syrians moving to Turkey
• African Americans moving north at the end of the civil war