Migration - CCEA test questions - CCEA

What is ‘migration’ in geography?

• Migration is the movement of people from one place to another, either short distances or long distances.

• Migration is the movement of birds as they travel from one place to another.

• Migration is when your mobile phone moves from one provider to another.

What is the best definition for a ‘refugee’?

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  A refugee is someone who has left their home and does not have a new home to go to. They are fleeing from civil war or natural disaster.

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  A refugee is someone who chooses to move to get a better job.

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  A refugee is someone who has left their home but will return soon.

What is a Push migration factor?

• When someone chooses to move towards the ‘bright lights of the big city’.

• When someone is forced to migrate perhaps due to a war, natural disaster or overpopulation.

• When someone is forced to move due to property prices in an area becoming too steep.

What is a Pull migration factor?

• When someone chooses to move towards the ‘bright lights of the big city’.

• When someone is forced to migrate perhaps due to a war, natural disaster or overpopulation.

• When someone is forced to move due to property prices in an area becoming too steep.

One of the main human barriers to migration is...

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  When people have to travel across mountains or the sea to migrate.

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  When people do not have the right documentation, visas or passports to migrate.

• When people do not have the right language skills to be able to talk their way across the border.

Describe economic migration.

• Economic migration is when people are forced to move because they are at war with the government.

• Economic migration is when people move because they think the climate will be better in a different place.

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  Economic migration is when people choose to move to improve their standard of living.

What impact did the eight countries who joined the EU in 2004 have on migration into the UK?

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  Some of the workers from Eastern Europe (mostly from Poland) came to live in and work in the UK.

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  Some of the workers from Eastern Europe were able to earn more money in their home country.

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  Some of the UK workers were able to travel to Eastern Europe to earn more money.

How many people were estimated to have become refugees as a result of the conflict in Syria from 2011 to the present day?

• Around 1 million

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  Around 3 million

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  Over 6 million

Which country did most Syrian refugees move into in the first instance?

• Turkey

• The UK

• Germany

One of the major challenges faced by a destination country (like Germany) who host many Syrian refugees is that...

• The amount of crime and anti-social behaviour can increase in areas where there are mass numbers of refugees.

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  The refugees can often bring new skills into an area.

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  The refugees can often bring workers who will be happy to work for little or no wage.