Push and Pull Factors SOL # 6
Factors that cause people to leave or stay away Push Factor Factors that cause people to leave or stay away
Overpopulation
Religious Persecution
Lack of Job Opportunities
Agricultural Decline
Conflict
Political Persecution
Natural Hazards Droughts, floods, famines, volcanic eruptions
Limits on Personal Freedom
Factors that cause people to want to live at or stay Pull Factors Factors that cause people to want to live at or stay
Religion
Economic Opportunity
Land Availability
Political Freedom
Ethnic and Family Ties
Arable Land
Migration influences… Language Religion Customs/Traditions Cultural Landscape
Language
Religion and Religious Freedom
Customs/Traditions
Cultural Landscape
Modern transportation and communication are encouraging higher levels of cultural interaction world wide.
Evidence of Cultural Interaction: Diffusion of U.S. culture to other regions
Evidence of Cultural Interaction: Popularization of other cultures’ traditions in the United States Chinatown Little Italy
Cultural Diffusion Mix, Mix, Mix … A little bit of this, a little bit of that A little bit of this, you end up with that
Push and Pull Factors SOL # 6 Misty Jeffers