Latin America 22

1. My family were very poor and did not have enough food. We had to leave our country.

• Push

• Pull

2. The cost of living in Australia was much lower than at home.

• Push

• Pull

3. I wanted to study in Australia because there are many good universities.

• Push

• Pull

4. My country was at war. I had to leave to escape the fighting.

• Push

• Pull

We moved to Australia because of the climate. It’s just so nice and sunny.

• Push

• Pull

My mother needed urgent medical care. We had to leave our home country because the hospitals could not help her.

• Push

• Pull

Susan decided to move to New York for a better high paying job. This is an example of a/an

• Political Pull

• Economical Pull

• Social Pull

• Environmental Pull

Steve decided to move South because he was tired of the wintry weather. This is considered a/an

• Environmental Push

• Economic Push

• Social Push

• Spatial Push

Reasons why immigrants chose to settle in the United States

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

• Cultural Diffusion

• Assimilation

Spreading ideas from one culture to another

• pull factors

• push factors

• cultural diffusion

• assimilation