Push & Pull Factors
Q: This term describes something that encourages people to leave their home country.
A: What is a push factor?
Q: Immigrants in the first wave came mostly from this region of Europe.
A: What is northern Europe?
Q: Immigrants bring these traditions—such as foods or holidays—to the United States.
A: What is culture?
Q: Many immigrants work in these jobs that native-born workers often avoid.
A: What are low-wage or labor-intensive jobs?
Q: Money sent home by emigrants to support their families is called this.
A: What are remittances?
Q: War, persecution, and lack of jobs are examples of these forces.
A: What are political and economic push factors?
Q: The second wave of immigrants came mainly from these two European regions.
A: What are southern and eastern Europe?
Q: Many immigrants face this major challenge when settling in a new country.
A: What is learning a new language?
Q: Immigrants help fund public services because they pay these.
A: What are taxes?
Q: When skilled workers leave their homeland to work abroad, this loss occurs.
A: What is brain drain?
Q: The disease that destroyed Ireland’s potato crop in the 1840s is an example of this type of push factor.
A: What is an environmental push factor?
Q: The third wave of immigration began around this decade.
A: What are the 1960s?
Q: Neighborhoods like Chinatown or Little Italy show this cultural exchange process.
A: What is cultural diffusion?
Q: Highly skilled immigrants—such as engineers or doctors—contribute significantly to this part of society.
A: What is the economy?
Q: Emigration can separate these groups for years at a time.
A: What are families?
Q: This belief—promising opportunity and a better future—draws many immigrants to the United States.
A: What is the American Dream?
Q: Most immigrants in the third wave came from these two world regions.
A: What are Latin America and Asia?
Q: The Lost Boys of Sudan fled to a refugee camp in this African country.
A: What is Kenya?
Q: Foods like tacos, bagels, and potstickers show this cultural impact.
A: What is the introduction of new foods (or cultural blending)?
Q: This former U.S. immigrant later became president of Lithuania after returning home.
A: Who is Valdas Adamkus?
Q: The experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan reflect this extreme push factor involving organized elimination of a group.
A: What is genocide?
Q: This term describes the steady movement of people from one country to another.
A: What is a migration stream?
Q: This term describes unfair treatment based on identity or beliefs, often causing people to become refugees.
A: What is persecution?
Q: Some Americans oppose immigration because they believe immigrants are doing this.
A: What is taking their jobs?
Q: When emigrants return home with new skills, their homeland experiences this.
A: What is brain gain?