Population and Migration

Things that attract people to a new place are called

• Push factors

• Pull factors

Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...

• Push factor

• Pull factor

An example of a push factor is...

• A new job

• A better school

• Natural disaster

• Better health care

The movement of people

• migration

• urbanization

• population

• moving to the city

True or False

The most populous country in the world is Russia

• True

• False

Which of the following is the term for people moving into a new country?

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Urbanization

Which of the following is an example of a Pull Factor?

• War

• Drought

• Freedom

The average number of people per square mile

• population distribution
• population density
• urbanization
• population rate

Densely populated areas such as cities

• Urban areas
• Rural areas
• Countryside
• Suburbs

Sparsely populated areas such as the country side

• Urban areas
• Rural areas
• Suburbs
• Urbanization