World Geography Vocabulary

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What is a Push Factor?

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A negative reason why someone would migrate to another area

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A transportation barrier is...

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A landform that makes it difficult for groups of people to travel

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I am a large solid area of land. What am I?

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A continent

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How many Oceans does the Earth have?

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5

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I am a wetland area that forms as river waters empty into a larger body of water. What am I?

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A delta

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A plateau is...

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A raised, flat-surfaced area bounded on one or more sides by cliffs or steep slopes

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What is it called when a family moves out of state because a parent got a better job?

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Pull Factor

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Migration

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People moving from one place to another to live there

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Illegal Immigrants who have to leave their homes are called...

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Refugees

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I follow the migration of animals so I have a constant food source and resources. I am called a...

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Nomad