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WorksheetsHuman Migration: Push & Pull Factors
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 39mins
What is migration?
The movement of a person or groups from one territory to another
The movement of goods and services between countries
The movement of capital and commodities
The movement of laborers from underprivileged communities
How can migration be classified?
Involuntary or voluntary, long-term or short-term
Political, environmental, cultural, and economic
Internal, external, immigration, and emigration
Push and pull factors
What are push factors in migration?
Factors that motivate people to leave their places
Factors that attract people to their place of destination
Factors related to political stability and good government services
Factors related to natural calamities and bad climate
What are pull factors in migration?
Factors that motivate people to leave their places
Factors that attract people to their place of destination
Factors related to political stability and good government services
Factors related to natural calamities and bad climate
What are some examples of push factors in political migration?
War, social unrest, and corruption
Racial discrimination and bad educational system
Unemployment and poverty
Good living condition and job opportunities
What are some examples of pull factors in political migration?
War, social unrest, and corruption
Racial discrimination and bad educational system
Unemployment and poverty
Good living condition and job opportunities
What are some examples of push factors in environmental migration?
War, social unrest, and corruption
Racial discrimination and bad educational system
Unemployment and poverty
Natural calamities like earthquakes and typhoons
What are some examples of pull factors in environmental migration?
War, social unrest, and corruption
Racial discrimination and bad educational system
Unemployment and poverty
Good climate
What are some examples of push factors in cultural migration?
War, social unrest, and corruption
Racial discrimination and bad educational system
Unemployment and poverty
Natural calamities like earthquakes and typhoons
What are some examples of pull factors in cultural migration?
War, social unrest, and corruption
Racial discrimination and bad educational system
Equal respect for religion and presence of family and friends
Good climate
Hurricane Katrina
Push
Pull
Irish Potato Famine
Pull
Push
Cyclone Daniel "medicane" that occurred in Libya
Push
Pull
2023 Morocco earthquake
Pull
Push
Getting a dream job in another country
Pull
Push
Attending your favorite college
Push
Pull
Moving closer to your family
Pull
Push
What is the main difference between push and pull factors in migration?
Push factors encourage people to move, while pull factors make them want to move
Pull factors and push factors are all the same
Nothing
A little
People often move from one place to another for various (a) . Some of these reasons are known as "push factors" and "pull factors."
1845–1851: The Potato Famine
A fungus known as potato (a) created the Irish Potato Famine. It caused 2 million acres of potatoes to rot. Almost 1 million people starved to death as the food (b) spread throughout Ireland. Nearly 1 million left for the United States. Settling in (c) and New York City, the Irish were the first large group of (d) to the United States in the 1800s. Immigrants are people who (e) from one country to another.
Massive droughts occur where you are now living. The inland river that has served as the water supply for your clan is almost dry. Your clan migrates to a new area.
Push
Pull
You live in an inland area where the climate is gradually becoming colder. This is changing the availability of plants that your clan gathers, as well as the availability of animals for hunting. Your clan migrates to a new area.
Environmental
Political
Cultural
Economic
When a person moves into a new country.
movement
interdependence
export
immigration
