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Let's Move

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when people leave a country to become a permanent or semi-permanent resident in another country?

a)

Immigration

b)

Wandering

c)

Migrant

d)

Emigration

2.

What is it called when people enter a country as a permanent or semi-permanent resident?

a)

Immigration

b)

Wandering

c)

Emigration

d)

Migrant

3.

What are the forces that encourage a migrant to actually move? (Check all that apply)

a)

Social Forces

b)

Environmental Forces

c)

Economic Forces

d)

Environmental Forces

4.

Which of the following are Push Factors? (Check all that apply)

a)

War & Conflict

b)

Available jobs

c)

Lack of Jobs

d)

Peace & Security

5.

Which of the following are Environmental Forces of migration? (Check all that apply)

a)

Excessive or Prolonged Drought

b)

War & Conflict

c)

Reunite with Family or Friends

d)

Rising Sea Levels

6.

Which of the following are Pull Factors? (Check all that apply)

a)

War & Conflict

b)

Available Jobs

c)

Lack of Jobs

d)

Peace & Security

7.

What is migration?

a)

people moving across national borders

b)

people moving from place to place

c)

people who are forced to move

d)

all of the above

8.

Which is the effect that migration creates on population?

a)

It can increase the amount of people living in one place and alter the variety of people.

b)

It can increase the size of a place where people will move

c)

People can create pleasant surroundings next to migrants

9.

To the movement of people from the country side to the big cities we called it.....

a)

rural to urban migration

b)

international migration

c)

national migration

d)

urban to rural migration

10.

Which of the following are push factors? Choose more than one

a)

Political factors

b)

Wars

c)

Natural disasters

d)

Medical care

e)

Education

11.

When people moves from one country to another is called...

a)

international migration

b)

national migration

c)

rural to urban migration

d)

migration

12.

Which of the following are pull factors? Choose more than one

a)

Not enough jobs

b)

Unhappy life

c)

Family links

d)

Better housing

e)

Political fears

13.

What does migration mean?

a)

refers to the culture of a people

b)

refers to the religion of a people

c)

refers to the movement of a people

d)

refers to the politics of a people

14.

What does emigration mean?

a)

to move into a country

b)

to move out of a country

c)

to vote

d)

only refers to refugees

15.

What does immigration mean?

a)

to move out of a country

b)

to move into a country

c)

to vote

d)

applies only to refugees

16.

What is a refugee?

a)

people who flee their country because of war, oppression, famine...

b)

people who travel to exotic places

c)

people who return to their country

d)

people who visit other countries

17.

The reasons people migrate are called what?

a)

negative and positive factors

b)

refugee factors

c)

immigration and emigration factors

d)

push and pull factors

18.

Which if the following is a push factor?

a)

Natural Disasters

b)

Better economic opportunities

c)

to be with families and friends

d)

to live in a better environment

19.

Which of the following is a pull factor?

a)

natural disasters

b)

conflict or war

c)

a chance for a better education

d)

famine

20.
According to the chart...the United States takes in about _____ % of world international immigration
a)
42.8%
b)
20%
c)
4%
d)
7.2 Billion
21.
Brain drain is
a)
the large-scale emigration of talented people
b)
the process by which people are given reference for migration
c)
people forced to migrate for political reasons
d)
a cultural feature that hinders migration
22.
The transfer of money by migrants to family or community members in their country of origin is
a)
a visa tax
b)
a form of global aid
c)
reimbursement for travel
d)
a remittance
23.
If you fear that your government will oppress you and is a dictatorship, you would be moving for which push factor?
a)
economic conditions
b)
political circumstances
c)
civil war
d)
environmental conditions
24.
migration stream
a)
the constant flow of of migrants from one country into another country
b)
to move from a country
c)
something  that encourages people to move to a new place
d)
someone who seeks safety by going into another country
25.
refugee
a)
to move to a country
b)
to move from  a country
c)
something taht encourages people to leave a country behind
d)
someone who seeks safety by going to another country
26.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
I want to join my family in America.
a)
push
b)
pull
27.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The War in Syria has made our family decide to leave and move to Europe.
a)
push
b)
pull
28.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The potato famine occurred in my country. Many people have died and we must leave.
a)
pull
b)
push
29.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
There is not enough food in my country.  Many people are dying of starvation.
a)
push
b)
pull
30.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
I want to have religious freedom to practice my religion.
a)
push
b)
pull
31.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
There are many opportunities in America.
a)
pull
b)
push
32.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The governments is targeting my people and persecuting many of them.
a)
push
b)
pull
33.
I moved to Arizona because I enjoy warm weather.  What type of pull factor is this?
a)
Economic
b)
Environmental
c)
Social
d)
Political
34.
"My government did not give me any freedoms, so I chose to leave and come to the United States of America."  This is an example of a.....
a)
Cultural push factor
b)
Political push factor
c)
Environmental push factor
d)
Social push factor
35.
Which of the following is an example of forced migration?
a)
Africans being taken from Africa to be sold into slavery
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