Physical Geography & Human Migration

Vocabulary Migration - A permanent move from one place to a new location Immigration – A permanent move into a new country Push –factors that make you want to leave a place Pull – factors that draw you to live in a place

Questions Why do people migrate?

Push Factor – Economic People often leave areas where there is a lack of employment, natural disasters, lack of food or shelter or has a lower standard of living.

Desert taking over arable land can be an economic push factor

Push Factor - Social People leave areas where there is a lack of health care, educational opportunities and lack of religious tolerance.

Push Factor - Religious Persecution When people cannot worship as they wish they migrate. The pilgrims that landed at Plymouth were fleeing religious persecution.

What is the significance of the map?

Push Factor - Political People leave a place due to unfair legal systems, lack of govermental tolerance, war or terrorism.

Push Factor - Political Persecution Political persecution means that people are punished when they disagree with the government. This happens most in dictatorships or communist countries.

Push Factor - Conflict People flee from wars. These people are known as refugees. There are refugee camps as close as Tornillo Tx.

Push Factor - Limits on Freedom Communist countries often limit personal freedom. People cannot listen to certain music, watch certain television shows, or even say things bad about the government.

Pull Factors Religious Freedom Economic Opportunity Land Availability Political Freedom Ethnic and Family Ties Arable Land

Impact of Immigration Language Religion and Religious Freedom Customs/Traditions Cultural Landscape

Push/Pull Practice Create a T Chart like the one on the board Sort the list of 14 words into one of the two categories in your notebook Famine adventure war good climate Land gold jobs tornados Poverty freedom money family drought bad climate