Human Migration
What are some physical features that can attract High Population Density?
Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, access to Resources, Moderate Climate
Preferences or desires that cause people to migrate to another country
Pull Factors
Emigrant
How do anthropologists believe that humans migrated from Asia to the Americas?
They crossed the Bering Land Bridge during the last Ice Age
As looking at population pyramids, what will happen to elderly populations as technology and science improve over time?
Elderly people live longer
What are some physical features that can cause Low Population Density?
Mountains, Deserts, extreme heat or cold, too much rain, unfertile soil
Conditions in migrants' home countries that make it difficult or even impossible to live there
Push Factors
When people migrate because they are persecuted for being members of a specific ethnic group, that falls under what category of factors leading to migration?
Social Factors
What caused a major migration from the Great Plains to California in the 1930s
The Dust Bowl
Which pyramid indicates the low crude death rate but slow growth due to declining birth rate?
Stage 4
What are some human features that can cause High Population Density?
Cities, access to transportation, and major ports
War, famine, oppression, lack of jobs, environmental disasters, religious intolerance, and lack of safety are examples of __________.
Push Factors
When people migrate because they are concerned about governments, government policies, wars, and citizen's rights, that falls under what category of factors leading to migration?
Political Factors
Which case study happened in the 1840s as a result of crops failing due to diseases and massive amounts of people died of starvation while millions fled?
Irish Potato Famine
Which pyramid indicates the elderly population is growing and the younger population is declining?
Stage 3
What are some human features that can cause Low Population Density?
humans depleting resources, war, political instability
Natural Barriers
If people suffer from extreme poverty, this pushes some to leave, or there are motives to go where conditions are better, that falls under what category of factors leading to migration?
Economic Factors (Motives)
When African Americans migrated from the rural South to the Urban North between the 1910s and the 1970s.
The Great Migration
Which pyramid indicates the high birth and high death rate resulting in low population growth?
Stage 1
Why are locations on the ocean high in population density?
Because of access to trade
What does the discovery of minerals, precious metals or valuable resources lead to?
Migration and population growth
What have been the 2 greatest historical events that led to changes in settlement patterns in Europe?
War and the Industrial Revolution
In the US, during the 1970s, people left the ______________________ where manufacturing was dominant for over 100 years because factories in those areas began to close.
Rust Belt
Which pyramid indicates the decline of crude death rates and exponential growth of the population?
Stage 2