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Migration Review - Flocabulary

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: People have only been migrating for the last 2000 years.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Vandi was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the US permanently at age six. Vandi is a(n) ________.

a)

immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Sierra Leone

b)

emigrant from the US and an immigrant to Sierra Leone

c)

immigrant to both the US and Sierra Leone

d)

refugee and a migrant from the US

3.

Vandi’s family left Sierra Leone because of war. The war was a(n) ________.

a)

political pull factor

b)

environmental push factor

c)

political push factor

d)

environmental pull factor

4.

Which of the following could be a pull factor?

a)

a destructive earthquake in Haiti

b)

a strong education system in South Korea

c)

a lack of jobs in Greece

d)

a large number of refugees from Rwanda

5.

Which of the following is a false statement?

a)

Voluntary migration can be very difficult.

b)

Many Native Americans were forced to migrate in the 1800s.

c)

There are no refugees in the world today.

d)

Many US immigrants passed through the immigration station on Ellis Island.

6.

Which of the following is an example of forced migration?

a)

Africans brought to the US as slaves

b)

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

c)

Europeans establishing colonies in the New World

d)

People leaving Benin for better farming conditions

7.

The Trail of Tears was a(n) ________.

a)

path many immigrants took across the Atlantic

b)

forced migration of Irish-Americans in the 1900s

c)

forced migration of the Cherokee nation

d)

path people took when they did not pass inspection at Ellis Island

8.

Between 1892 and 1954, ________ was a sign of welcome to many immigrants to the US.

a)

the Golden Gate Bridge

b)

the Washington Monument

c)

the Sears Tower

d)

the Statue of Liberty

9.

Which of the following is an example of seasonal migration?

a)

refugees who fled Russia due to religious persecution

b)

a man who moves to California every summer to harvest crops and lives in Mexico through the winter

c)

a child who lived in a tenement building until he was 18 and then moved to a farm

d)

a woman who moved inland after a hurricane

10.

the act of coming to live in another country

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

push factor

d)

pull factor

11.

the act of leaving a country to live in another

a)

emigration

b)

immigration

c)

pull factor

d)

push factor

12.

aspects of a place that make people to want to move away from it

a)

pull factor

b)

immigration

c)

push factor

d)

forced

13.

one who leaves a country to live in another

a)

refugee

b)

pull factor

c)

emigrate

d)

immigrate

14.

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

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

voluntary

d)

refugee

15.

a person who moves into another country from the country where he/she was born

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

c)

immigrant

d)

emigrant

16.

doing something because you want or choose to do it, not because you have to do it

a)

refugee

b)

migrate

c)

pull factor

d)

voluntary

17.

made to be done; not voluntary; imposed

a)

pull factor

b)

refugee

c)

forced

d)

immigrate

18.

aspects of a place that encourage people to want to move there

a)

pull factor

b)

push factor

c)

forced

d)

refugee

19.

to move from one region to another

a)

immigrant

b)

emigration

c)

push factor

d)

migrate

20.

Constant flow of migrants from one country into another country.

a)

Emigration

b)

Refugees

c)

Migration

d)

Migration Stream

21.

Examples of push factors could be...

a)

Economic Factors

b)

Social Factors

c)

Political Factors

d)

All of these

22.

Examples of pull factors could be...

a)

Social Factors

b)

Economic Factors

c)

Environmental Factors

d)

All of these

23.

Someone who seeks safety by going to another country due to war, persecution, or natural disasters.

a)

Immigrant

b)

Migration Stream

c)

Cast Away

d)

Refugee

24.

An example of a political push factor could be...

a)

War/ Conflict

b)

Fear their leader

c)

Fear persecution

d)

All of these

25.

An example of environmental push factors could be...

a)

Drought

b)

Hurricanes

c)

Flooding

d)

All of these

26.

Which is NOT a pull factor?

a)

Good schools/ education

b)

Safety

c)

Poor standards of living

d)

More/ better opportunities

27.

Which is NOT a push factor?

a)

War/ Conflict

b)

Safety/ Security

c)

Poverty/ Low standard of living

d)

Job lose

28.

Moving from one place to another

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Push Factors

c)

Migration Stream

d)

Migration

29.
Lack of political or religious freedoms
a)
Pull Factor
b)
Push Factor
30.
Famine or Drought
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
31.
Natural Disasters
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
32.
Freedom to Vote
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
33.
Entertainment and Enjoyment Options
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
34.
To emigrate means to...
a)
move from a country.
b)
move to a country.
c)
seek safety by going to another country.
d)
leave home and go to work.
35.
To immigrate means...
a)
you are always poor
b)
move from a country
c)
move to a country
d)
leave a place because of war and seek safety in another country
36.
What are the payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country called?
a)
consumption
b)
economic activity 
c)
love
d)
remittances
37.

Migrant

a)

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or conflict due to race, religion, nationality, political views, or membership in a particular social group.

b)

A person who moves to a foreign country for various reasons - for example, for employment, education, or to reunite with family - usually for a year or more.

c)

A person who is forcibly uprooted within his or her country but who has not crossed an international border. IDPs may be forced from their home as a result of armed conflict, human rights violations, or natural or human-made disasters, yet remain in their country.

38.

Asylum

a)

The country to which a refugee relocates

b)

Shelter or protection from danger granted by a country to someone forced to leave their home country.

c)

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee. They must file a claim for asylum with the host country's government.

d)

Established by the United Nations, the UNHCR is an international organization responsible for the protection of refugees worldwide.

39.

Asylum Seeker

a)

Shelter or protection from danger granted by a country to someone forced to leave their home country.

b)

The country to which a refugee relocates

c)

A person who moves to a foreign country for various reasons - for example, for employment, education, or to reunite with family - usually for a year or more.

d)

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee. They must file a claim for asylum with the host country's government.

40.

Nearly 6 million people have fled the country and more than 6 million are internally displaced.

a)

Syria

b)

United States

c)

Columbia

d)

Germany