Geo Unit 3: Week 2 Key Terms

Leaving one location, such as one’s native country or region, to live in another.

• Immigration

• Push factor

• Emigration

• Pull factor

Factors that draw a population to another area or place

• Immigration

• Push factor

• Emigration

• Pull factor

Moving into a non-native country or region.

• Immigration

• Push factor

• Emigration

• Pull factor

Factors that encourage a population to leave its home.

• Immigration

• Push factor

• Emigration

• Pull factor

What is international migration?

• A temporary trip from one country to another

• A permanent move from one country to another

• A temporary trip within the same country

• A permanent move within the same country

Which of the following is NOT an example of a push factor:

• Famine

• Political instability

• More jobs in another country

• Religious persecution

What is internal migration?

• A temporary trip from one country to another

• A permanent move from one country to another

• A temporary trip within the same country

• A permanent move within the same country

Which of the following are examples of pull factors:

• Better jobs and opportunities

• Religious freedom

• Political freedom

• All of the above

Would moving from California to Hawaii be considered international migration or internal migration?

• International Migration

• Internal Migration