Population/Migration Quiz

Which of the following is a pull factor?

• War and violence cause people to leave Syria

• Florida has warm weather

• New York City can be too busy for some people

• People stay in their own countries because of their families

Which of the following is a push factor?

• People move to Chicago because it has many varieties of food

• Coastal cities are populous because they are on the water

• Italy has a highly-praised health care system

• Severe droughts cause people to leave their country

What is urbanization?

• The pollution of major cities

• An increase in poor people

• The flow of people from rural to urban areas

• A place with low population denstiy

Based on the population pyramid, what type of country is Nigeria?

• Less Developed

• More Developed

What is the term for a person who leaves a country to escape violence?

• Escapee

• Prisoner of war

• Refugee

• Fugitive

What is the term for a person who is leaving their home country?

• Immigrant

• American

• Ukrainian

• Emigrant

In which type of area are there lots of farms and wildlife?

• Urban

• Suburban

• Rural

In which type of areas are big cities located?

• Urban

• Suburban

• Rural

Which of the following is an example of forced migration?

• Africans brought to the US as slaves

• A family moving to the US from Mexico in search of work

• Europeans establishing colonies in the New World

• People leaving Benin for better farming conditions

a person who leaves his/her country because of great danger in that country

• immigration

• emigration

• voluntary

• refugee