1. Push and Pull Factors
SOL # 6

2. Factors that cause people to leave or stay away
Push Factor
Factors that cause people to leave or stay away

3. Overpopulation

4. Religious Persecution

5. Lack of Job Opportunities

6. Agricultural Decline

7. Conflict

8. Political Persecution

9. Natural Hazards
Droughts, floods, famines, volcanic eruptions

10. Limits on Personal Freedom

11. Factors that cause people to want to live at or stay
Pull Factors
Factors that cause people to want to live at or stay

12. Religion

13. Economic Opportunity

14. Land Availability

15. Political Freedom

16. Ethnic and Family Ties

17. Arable Land

18. Migration influences…
Language
Religion
Customs/Traditions
Cultural Landscape

19. Language

20. Religion and Religious Freedom

21. Customs/Traditions

22. Cultural Landscape

23. Modern transportation and communication are encouraging higher levels of cultural interaction world wide.

24. Evidence of Cultural Interaction:
Diffusion of U.S. culture to other regions

25. Evidence of Cultural Interaction:
Popularization of other cultures’ traditions in the United States
Chinatown
Little Italy

26. 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

27. Push and Pull Factors
SOL # 6
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