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Types of Migration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a person moves from Canada to Mexico, what type of migration is this considered?

a)

International

b)

Migrant Stream

c)

Intranational

d)

Rural to Urban Migration

2.

A person who is residing outside of their country due to fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion etc.

a)

Immigrant

b)

Emigrant

c)

Refugee

d)

Migrant

3.

Movement from a farm to a city is ______ migration.

a)

Migrant Stream

b)

External Migration

c)

Rural to Urban migration

d)

Intercontinental

4.

Tim, a young man from Sydney, moved to Stanthorpe in October to pick fruit during the harvesting season. He will move back to Sydney in March when the harvesting is over.

a)

Internal Migration

b)

Social Migration

c)

Return Migration

d)

Seasonal Migration

5.

Between 2011 and 2012, there was a severe drought in East Africa affecting Somalia, Dijbouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Many people from these countries sought to move to other countries in search of reliable food and water supplies.

a)

Seasonal Migration

b)

Social Migration

c)

Environmental Migration

d)

Economic Migration

6.

After Poland and seven other Eastern European countries joined the EU (European Union) in 2004, a large number of workers began to migrate to the UK in search of higher wages

a)

Environmental Migration

b)

Economic Migration

c)

Political Migration

d)

Environmental Migration

7.

A large number of people from different States of India move to Mumbai everyday.

This type of Migration is called...

a)

Forced migration

b)

International migration

c)

Urban to Rural migration

d)

Internal migration

8.
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
9.
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
10.
Vandi was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the US permanently at the age six. Vandi is a(n)...
a)
Immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Sierra Leone
b)
emmigrant 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
11.
What are the reasons that people want to come to a country?
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
c)
immigration
d)
emigration
12.

It happens when some members leave the group.

a)

birth rate

b)

death rate

c)

immigration

d)

emigration

13.

The country of origin in migration means?

a)

The country migrants go to

b)

The country migrants have come from

c)

The country where there are plenty of employment opportunities

d)

The country which holds many refugee camps

14.
the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another
a)
supranational organization
b)
diversity
c)
cultural diffusion
d)
demography
15.
a group that shares common cultural traits, such as language
a)
diversity
b)
nationalism
c)
ethnicity
d)
assimilation