Human Geography

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Understanding how and why people move is important to: geographers, historians, economists, geographers and historians

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geographers

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Which of the following would be a pull factor, or something that pulls someone to a new place? Options: a shortage of food, lack of jobs, lack of freedom

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cheap, good farmland

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Which of the following would be a push factor, or something that pushes someone out of a place? Options: freedom, good government, lack of jobs, chance for a better life

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lack of jobs

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Which of the following would be most helpful in understanding why people moved from other countries to the United States? Options: diaries of immigrants, book about pioneers living on the Plains, map of the world, chart showing where immigrants came from

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diaries of immigrants

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What was the secret group of routes, safe places, and people that helped enslaved people escape to freedom called?

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The Underground Railroad

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Where did most of the orphans who traveled on the orphan trains end up living?

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farming areas of the Midwest

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What is culture?

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the way of life of a group of people

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Which of the following is true about regions in the United States? Regions are often different because different cultural groups moved there., The regions are all very much alike., People from Mexico only live in the Southwest region., All regions have the same culture.

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Regions are often different because different cultural groups moved there.

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When people use, adapt, or modify the earth they are using what theme of geography?

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human/environment interaction

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People in Michigan wear warm coats, hats, and mittens in winter to fit their environment. What is this an example of?

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adapting to the environment