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Population Geography
Migration
5 in 5
1. A _______ causes a person to leave a
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place and relocate to a new one.
A _______ causes a person to want to
relocate to a new area.
_______ is when there are too many
people that an area can sustain.
_______ is when a person can not
grow the same amount of food as
before.
______ is migration FROM a location.
Net migration rates: Countries in blue have a positive
migration rate and countries in brown have a negative rate.
Vocabulary
Migration - A permanent move to a
new location
Immigration - Migration to a
location
Emigration - Migration from a
location
Questions
Why do people migrate?
How have social, economic,
political, and environmental
factors influenced migration?
Push and Pull Factors
People decide to migrate because
of push and pull factors. A push
factor induces people to leave a
location. A pull factor induces
people to move to a new location.
Push Factor - Overpopulation
 People often leave areas that are
heavily populated.
Push Factor - Religious
Persecution
When people cannot worship as
they wish they migrate. The
pilgrims that landed at Plymouth
were fleeing religious persecution.
Push Factor - Lack of Jobs
The vast majority of people
migrating from Latin America,
Africa, and Asia are migrating
because there are no jobs.
Push Factor - Agricultural
Decline
Agricultural decline means a
person cannot grow as much food
on the same amount of land as
they once could. Over time land
becomes less fertile and people
have to move.
Push Factor - Conflict
People flee from wars. These
people are known as refugees.
There are many refugee camps in
Africa due to a long history of civil
war in many countries.
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. People
have migrated from China and
Cuba because of political
persecution.
Push Factor - Natural Hazards
Droughts
Floods
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
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.
Push Factor - Environmental
Degradation
Deforestation
Desertification - An expansion of
arid conditions into non-arid
regions. This is a problem in the
Sahel, a region near the Sahara
Desert in North Africa.
Click here to see desertification video from youtube.
Pull Factors
Religious Freedom
Economic Opportunity
Land Availability
Political Freedom
Ethnic and Family Ties
Arable Land
Types of Migration
International Migration - This is
when someone moves from one
country to another country
Internal Migration - This is when
someone moves within the same
country
Intervening Obstacles
An intervening obstacle is an
environmental or cultural feature
that hinders someone from
migration. This means that people
don’t always go to their desired
destination.
Intervening Obstacles
In the past, intervening obstacles
were primarily environmental.
Before the invention of modern
transportation systems such as
railroads people migrated by horse
or on foot. What type of obstacles
might hinder their progress?
Where do people migrate to?
Developed countries receive the
most immigrants in the world.
Countries such as the United
States, Germany, France, and the
United Kingdom attract immigrants
because there are jobs.
Guest Workers
Sometimes due to strict
immigration laws people are
assigned guest worker status.
They are not legal citizens but
they are protected by the law.
The Middle East and Europe has
strong guest worker programs.
Impact of Immigration
Language
Religion and Religious Freedom
Customs/Traditions
Cultural Landscape