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Migration Vocabulary

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

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.

Most people never migrate and those who do migrate, usually move to nearby countries.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

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

a)

Immigration

b)

Wandering

c)

Emigration

d)

Migrant

4.

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

5.

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

a)

Social Forces

b)

Environmental Forces

c)

Economic Forces

d)

Political Forces

6.

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

a)

War & Conflict

b)

Available jobs

c)

Lack of Jobs

d)

Peace & Security

7.

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

a)

Excessive or Prolonged Drought

b)

Spreading Religious or Political Beliefs

c)

Persecution of Ethnic, Political, or Religious Identities

d)

War & Conflict

8.

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

9.

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

a)

War & Conflict

b)

Available Jobs

c)

Lack of Jobs

d)

Peace & Security

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

Which of the following is a pull factor?

a)

natural disasters

b)

conflict or war

c)

a chance for a better education

d)

famine

18.

What does urban mean?

a)

country-side

b)

voting rights

c)

city

d)

cultural differences

19.

What does rural mean?

a)

hunger

b)

city

c)

disease

d)

country-side

20.
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
21.
I moved to Arizona because I enjoy warm weather.  What type of pull factor is this?
a)
Economic
b)
Environmental
c)
Social
d)
Political
22.
"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
23.

What is a 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

24.

What are the reasons that people want to come to a country?

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

c)

immigration

d)

emigration

25.
What is "migrate"?
a)
asking a country for protection
b)
amount of people who move yearly
c)
the act of moving permanently
d)
reasons people leave a country
26.

Is the example describing a push or pull factor?

Cameron is moving to Los Angeles because Santa Monica has such high crime rates.

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

27.

Is the example describing a push or pull factor?

Tom is moving to Italy because he loves the architecture and culture.

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

28.
Which of the following could be a push factor?
a)
Better schools
b)
More job opportunities
c)
Hope for a better way of life
d)
Violence
29.

Limited food is a ....

a)

pull factor

b)

push factor

30.

Opportunity to make more money is a .....

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

31.

Select TWO push factors

a)

persecution

b)

better job opportunities

c)

armed conflicts

d)

political freedom

32.

Select TWO pull factors

a)

religious freedom

b)

better health system

c)

natural disaster

d)

prejudices

33.

Emigrate means:

a)

to move from a country

b)

to move to a country

c)

the constant flow of migrannts from one country into another country

d)

someone who seeks safety by going into another country

34.

Which of the following is an example of forced (involuntary) 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

35.
A force that drives people to LEAVE a place is called a
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
36.
A force that draws people to MOVE TO a place is a 
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
37.
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
38.
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
39.
Which of the following is an economic reason why people migrate?
a)
They do not like the government
b)
They cannot find work
c)
They are fleeing a war
d)
They are persecuted for their religion
40.

The migrants who move out of a country are called___________.

a)

emigrants

b)

immigrants

41.
What means you're moving within a country?
a)
immigrating
b)
emigrating
c)
internal migration
d)
international migration
42.
What means you're moving from country to country?
a)
immigrating
b)
emigrating
c)
internal migration
d)
international migration
43.

What describes the actions of people who are entering a country to live?

a)

internal migration

b)

push factor

c)

immigrating

d)

emigrating

44.
What describes people who are leaving the country where they live?
a)
international migration
b)
pull factor
c)
immigrating
d)
emigrating
45.
What are the reasons that people want to leave a country?
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
c)
immigration
d)
emigration