Population Migration Quiz

A migrant is...

• someone who voluntarily chooses to move from their own country and can return at anytime.

• someone who is forced to move from their own country but can return at anytime.

• someone who chooses to move from their own country but are not able to return.

• someone who flees their own country for a better life.

What is a refugee ?

• A person with no nationality that is living as a non existing person.

• A person that fled his country from violence, fear or persecution

• A person not able to move and is still in the border of his country from violence

My parents wanted to EMIGRATE to the United States. This means that

• they wanted to visit

• they wanted to move

• they wanted to stay

• they wanted to continue

The reasons people migrate are called what?

• negative and positive factors

• refugee factors

• immigration and emigration factors

• push and pull factors

Which if the following is a push factor?

• Natural Disasters

• Better economic opportunities

• to be with families and friends

• to live in a better environment

Which of the following is a pull factor?

• natural disasters

• conflict or war

• a chance for a better education

• famine

Physical features often influence where people live. Which type of environment typically has the highest population density?

•   Hills, mountains and plateaus

•   Flat, fertile plains and river valleys

•   Wet bogs and swamps

•   Dry and barren desert regions

Which of the following is the most likely effect of building a railroad to reach an area rich in natural resources?

•   Railroad owners take control of the area

•   The number of people that settle in the area increases

•   There is a sharp increase in movement away from the area

•   Government leaders close the area to future settlement.

Economic push/ pull factors are about

• education

• jobs and money

• Freedom to vote

Social push/pull factors are about

• The use of Snap chat

• the right to express one's own beliefs

• Being allowed to go to a dance