Chapter 3 Lesson 3 DOL

What is a push factor?

• Reasons why people want to leave

• Reasons why people wants to go to a place

Which of the following is a pull factor?

• Insufficient food supply

• High crime rate in native country

• Higher paying jobs in new country

• High crime rate in new country

Most migrants move for

• Economic reasons

• Cultural reasons

• Environmental reasons

• Persecution reasons

Which would not be an environmental pull factor?

• Clear dry air in Arizona

• Lumberjack job in the Pacific Northwest

• Beautiful clear water by the beach

• Rocky mountain scenery

Which of the following is NOT true?

• The three major kinds of push factors are political, economic, and environmental

• The most common environmental threat to people comes from too much or too little water

• Most migration occurs because of a combination of push and pull factors

• Countries with slow population growth but strong economies commonly experience out-migration