Forced displacement
What is the Irish Potato Famine?
Caused the death of roughly one million Irish from starvation and related causes, with at least another million forced to leave their homeland as refugees
Has international migrant numbers increased or decreased in the past 5 decades?
Increased
What is the Great Wall of China?
Series of fortification built across historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states
What is an economic effect?
The effect includes bringing new workers, increasing workforce, and leading to competition for jobs and resources.
What is the partition of British India?
Largest mass migration, uprooting over 18 million people
What is the Trail of Tears?
Forced removal by the US government in the 1800s resulting in ~100,000 Native Americans being forced to travel thousands of miles to designated lands.
What is the general trend of migration?
The General trend of migration is migration from less developed countries to more developed countries in search of better economic opportunities
What is the Parthenon?
Temple dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC
What are the social and cultural effects?
Increased cultural diversity, understanding and tolerance of minorities. can lead to cultural conflicts and challenges for immigrants.
What was the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight?
Around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs or 85% of the total population of the territory Israel captured fled or were expelled from their homes by Israeli forces.
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
One of, if not the largest, forced migrations throughout history occurring from the 1500s to the 1800s resulting in millions of Africans being displaced to multiple countries, mainly the Americas.
Why do economic migrants move to some countries but not to others?
An economic decision to move across international borders can be considered an investment decision if the purpose of the movement is to increase wealth and improve standards of living. For example, a worker may want to move to another country in order to get better wages.
What is The Great Sphinx?
Limestone statue of a mythical creature, located in Giza
What is a political effect?
Voting patterns due to loss of large number of people
What was the 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia?
This refers to the deaths, unlawful arrests, expulsions and overall mistreatment of several thousand ethnic Georgians by the Russian government during the 2006.
What is the Syrian Refugee Crisis?
Syrian Civil War has caused a displacement of 5.5 million refugees living in neighboring countries. The widespread displacement has led to a humanitarian crisis, with many people struggling to access life-saving essentials like food, water, and healthcare.
What are the 3 major migration flows? (Name one)
The three largest flows are from Asia to Europe and North America, and from Latin America
What is the Taj Mahal?
Ivory-white marble mausoleum commissioned by the fifth Mughal emperor to house the tomb of his wife located in India.
What is an environmental effect?
Population density change, demand for housing, infrastructure, and other resources.
What was the 24/20 order?
The 24/20 declaration was a Mozambican operation forcing the Portuguese to leave the country after the independence of Mozambique on 25 June 1975, or give up their passports and become exclusively Mozambican.
What is the Myanmar state persecution?
Rohingya people fleeing to Bangladesh to escape murder and violence inflicted by the state. According to UNICEF, more than 960,000 Rohingya people need humanitarian assistance. Of those, over 499,000 are children.
What is the largest documented voluntary emigration in history?
The largest documented voluntary emigration in history was the Italian diaspora, which migrated from Italy between 1880 and 1915, with 13 million people leaving the country
What is Machu Picchu?
Incan citadel in the Andes Mountains in Peru
What is brain drain?
Shortage of labor causing problems if emigrants are skilled workers.
What was the 1934 Turkish Resettlement Law?
It was a policy adopted on 14 June 1934 by the Turkish government which set forth the basic principles of immigration. The law constituted a policy of forcible assimilation of non-Turkish minorities through forced and collective resettlement.