Geo Day 13

Starter Why do you live here in Utah? Who was the first person in your family to come to Utah? Why did they come? What do you think “brain drain” means?

Danger of a Single Story

What is migration?

Vocab Push factors: reasons for people to move from a place Pull factors: reasons for people to move to a place

Push/pull factors Economic: better job opportunity Political: government strife or inability to govern Human: movement based on wants and value Brain drain: when educated people leave an undeveloped region to go to a more attractive area (more money, etc.)

Immigration versus Emigration Immigration = In Emigration = Exit People permanently moving into a foreign country People permanently moving from a foreign country

Canadians illegally crossing the border to come to the US Syrian refugees coming to the US People leaving the US to get jobs elsewhere Syrian refugees leaving Syria

Immigrants’ impact on the U.S. economy Article Link here

Source: OECD; 2014 data

Source: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; 2015 data.

Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015 data

Rural: something or someone that is from or about the countryside. Slum: a group of houses or a neighborhood that is in bad condition where very poor people live. Suburb: Area just outside of major cities where many people will live and then commute to the cities Urban: something or someone that is from or about a city

Urbanization Influx of people create large cities and suburbs Immigrants are often a cause of urbanization, especially in early America

Case Studies Nicaragua Brazil India

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