1. Chapter 3 Review

2. Swedes migrated to Upper Michigan and Northern Minnesota to work in the iron & copper mines. Many came because others that came before them sent letters back home. What is this type of migration called? The Quincy copper mine in Hancock, Michigan The Soudan iron mine in northern Minnesota

3. This picture represents another ethnic group that also came to the United States because of chain migration. Who is the group and where is this picture taken?

4. What geographic concept do these pictures represent?

5. What similar geographic concept do these ads represent?

6. From what 2 source regions do most guest workers migrate from? Into which 2 countries are most guest workers headed?

7. Since 1945, interregional net migration was greatest in what area of the United States? What were the pull factors to this region?

8. What pull factors have influence a net migration to Florida in recent decades?

9. People that are forced to migrate due to political persecution are called ______________. The source regions for the largest number of forced migrants are found primarily on which continent?

10. Name the 20 th century conflicts that resulted in large refugee streams away from their homeland. Asia - 1975Latin America - 1959 Asia - 1947 Africa - 1994

11. In addition to political unrest, what other circumstances force people to migrate?

12. What historical event forced people to migrate from Africa to the Americas?

13. When did US immigration peak in the early 20 th century? From what source regions did they come? Why did immigration decline so fast in the 1930’s?

14. According to this chart on internal migration from New Zealand and Australia, what age groups migrate most? Why?

15. From what four Asian countries do the largest number of international migrants to the United States come from?

16. During the 19 th and 20 th centuries, the most popular form of intraregional migration was rural to urban. Explain why.

17. Since the 1970s, the most popular intraregional migration pattern in the United States occurs between which two areas?

18. What name is given to the pattern where migrants move from urban areas (cities) to rural areas? What ages are the primary movers in this phenomena?

19. What is the most common migration pattern found in Less Developed Countries? Samburu District, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

20. Use the map to explain African-American migration patterns in the early 20 th century. What were the push/pull factors involved?

21. In which direction has the center of US population steadily moved since 1790?

22. The Berlin Wall was a great example of an intervening obstacle. Why do you think the East German government built the wall?

23. These cities are examples of “forward capitals”. What is meant by this term and why would these government locate the cities where they did?

24. If US birth rates have steadily declined since the 1960’s, why is population in the US still rising? US Birth Rates US Population

25. What is “brain drain” and which type of countries are affected most of all?

26. Name the two pieces of legislation enacted in the 1920s that limited US immigration. What was the purpose of these laws?

27. Explain why the US and Canada have become prominent destinations for international migrants.

28. Geographer Wilber Zelinsky says that a ________ transition occurs in countries that are in stage ___ of the demographic transition. This means that people from these countries are migrating to ____________________.

29. Most illegal immigrants entering the United States come from what source country?

30. How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 encourage migration westward across the United States?

31. This famous picture represents the largest scale US internal migration in our history. Where we these people going?

32. What other factors were intervening opportunities that helped to encourage migration westward in the 1800s?

33. Into what regions of the United States did large numbers of German immigrants migrate by the late 1800s? What were the primary push/pull factors? New Ulm, Minnesota Frankenmuth, Michigan

34. All of the following were intervening ____________ to westward migration. Hostile Natives Few good roads Rocky Mts. Deserts

35. How did the Enclosure Movement in England influence migration patterns?