1. AP Human Geography
To start class, you will go around and talk to 2 different people about the news stories they got for their homework. I will give you 5 minutes to talk to different people.
Then, you will come back to your computer and write a 3 SENTENCE MINIMUM summary of the stories your classmates told you about at the bottom of your article.
If you did not do your homework, get a textbook and read pgs Your answer to the question “Where do people migrate?” is due next class.
After that, I will tell you how to turn in your article on the website houstonisd.org/hub

2. Vocabulary
You have 15 minutes to work quietly with a partner to complete the vocabulary section on the note guides that we worked on last class.

3. Human Geo
Pick up the matching on the way in. You’ve got 5 minutes to match!

4. Matching—International Migration Streams
Country
Poor economy and a shared language with a nearby core country
Ethnic and religious conflict between Muslim Arabs and Christian black Africans
Huge refugee population caused by a revolution to overthrow a dictator
Terrorism and violence, partially caused by U.S. military involvement and an Islamic extremist group
Ethnic and religious conflict between Kurds, Shia Muslims, and Sunni Muslims
Division of a country into a Hindu country and a new Muslim country
Complete fragmentation of a country in the Balkan Peninsula due to a poor economy and ethnic differences
Ethnic conflict between Hutus and Tutsis creates a refugee crisis
Creation of a Jewish homeland leads to an exodus of the Arab group that previously inhabited the area.
Sexual violence and civil war
Congo
Palestine/Israel
Rwanda
Sudan
Iraq
Afghanistan
Yugoslavia
Maghreb
India
Syria

5. AP Human Geography
Pick up the FRQ on your way into class. I will give you about 15 minutes to work on it, then you will have to finish the rest at home.

6. Immigration to the United States, 19th-21st centuries

7. Early 19th century (1800’s)
Immigration to the US was mainly from Western Europe
Great Britain, France, Ireland
Chain migration—The Founding Fathers and other early colonists were from Western Europe
Potato Famine and poverty— Led to Irish immigration
Today, there is still a large Irish population on the East Coast

8. Discrimination—Many Irish faced heavy discrimination
Seen as uneducated, worked mainly in manual labor

9. Late 19th and Early 20th Century
Immigration mainly from Eastern Europe
Italy (this is when the mafia started!), Balkan countries…
Poverty—Eastern Europe was not as industrialized
World War I—People fleeing violence
Also, growing amount of Asian immigration…

10. 1920’s—Quota System
Quota—A limit on the amount of immigrants allowed from a certain region
Americans became concerned about too many immigrants coming into the US
Quotas put on immigrants from Eastern Europe (racist?)
Immigration from Asia completely stopped, no Chinese immigration allowed (definitely racist)

13. TEACHERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!! How many years have the teachers won?
Not 1 year…
Not 2 years…
Not 3 years…
Not 4 years…
Not 5 years…
Not 6 years…
7 YEARS IN A ROW!

14. 1950’s-today Quotas lifted, immigration begins increasing again
Main source regions: Latin America (mainly Mexico) and Asia
Main push factor— Poverty
Also—population problems due to high growth in LDC’s and environmental degradation (destruction)

15. 1950’s to today
9/11 Attacks—Led Americans to be concerned about immigration again
Also concerned about too many immigrants coming in (again)
US builds wall at Mexican border, but illegal immigration keeps growing

17. Today and tomorrow Immigration from Mexico slowing
Latin American and Asian countries entering Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition
What do you think is next?

18. Review!
What is the main source region for immigration to America in the early 1800’s? Why?
What is the main source region for immigration to America in the early 1900’s? Why?
How did quotas impact immigration from Eastern Europe and Asia?
What are the two main source regions for immigration to America in the late 20th century?
What do you predict will be the main source region in the next 50 years? Do you think we will see net-out migration in the US?

19. FRQ—2005 #2 A, C will be graded for accuracy
B and D—Completion grade as long as you attempt it

20. Pictionary!!! Source region Destination region Selective Migration
Brain Drain
Intervening Opportunity
Intervening Obstacle
Immigration from Western Europe
Step Migration
Gravity Model
Ravenstein’s Theories of Migration
Immigration from Eastern Europe
Quota