Immigration
What is a “push factor” in immigration?
Possible answers: War, Lack of Jobs, poverty, unsafe environment, or natural disasters.
What is a primary source? Give one example.
A primary source is an original document or object created at the time of study. Example: diary, letter, photograph, official document.
What is meant by “author’s purpose”?
Author’s purpose is why the author wrote the text—to inform, persuade, or entertain.
What does it mean to analyze a source?
To analyze a source means to examine it carefully for reliability, perspective, purpose, and content.
What does “location” mean in geography?
Location refers to where a place is on Earth.
Give one example of a pull factor that might attract people to a new country.
Possible answers: More job opportunities, family, religious freedom, safety, or better education.
Is a biography of a historical figure a primary or secondary source? Explain.
A biography is a secondary source because it interprets or analyzes events after they happened.
If an author writes to convince readers to recycle, what is their purpose: persuade, inform, or entertain?
The purpose is to persuade.
Name one question you could ask about a source’s reliability.
Example question: Who created this source? When was it created? Why was it created? Is it biased?
Give an example of a human characteristic of a place.
Human characteristic example: language, religion, culture, buildings, or landmarks.
If people are leaving a country because of war and poverty, are these push or pull factors?
Push Factors
Identify whether a diary written during the Civil War is a primary or secondary source.
A Civil War diary is a primary source because it was created by someone who experienced the events firsthand.
How can the tone of a text help you determine the author’s purpose?
Tone (serious, humorous, angry, etc.) can show whether the author wants to entertain, inform, or persuade.
How might the author’s perspective or bias affect the information in a source?
Bias or perspective may influence what details are included or omitted, or the way events are described.
How do humans depend on the environment for survival?
Humans depend on the environment for food, water, shelter, and resources.
How might economic opportunities in a new country act as both a pull factor for immigrants and a push factor for others in their home country?
Economic opportunities pull immigrants to a new country; at the same time, lack of jobs or low wages can push people to leave their home country.
Why might historians use secondary sources even when primary sources are available?
Historians use secondary sources to get context, summaries, or interpretations that help them understand primary sources.
An article explains the history of voting rights while also encouraging citizens to vote. What are the two purposes here?
Two purposes: informing readers about history and persuading them to vote.
Explain why two sources on the same historical event might give different accounts.
Different accounts occur because authors have different perspectives, access to information, or biases.
How does the movement of people, goods, and ideas influence cultures around the world?
Movement influences cultures by introducing new ideas, blending traditions, and creating cultural diversity.
Explain why environmental disasters in a home country are considered push factors, and describe one long-term effect on migration patterns.
Environmental disasters like floods or droughts push people to migrate; long-term, this can create population shifts, urban growth in safer areas, or migration chains to countries with resources.
A photograph from 1910 shows people protesting, but a newspaper article written in 1950 discusses the same event. Explain which is primary, which is secondary, and why both could be valuable to researchers.
The 1910 photograph is a primary source, the 1950 newspaper article is a secondary source; both are valuable because the photo shows what actually happened, while the article offers historical interpretation.
Compare how the author’s choice of facts, examples, and language could differ if the purpose is to entertain versus to persuade.
To entertain, authors might use storytelling, humor, or suspense; to persuade, authors use facts, examples, statistics, or emotional appeals.
A source from 1890 describes immigrants in harsh terms, while a modern historian critiques the same policies. How would you evaluate which source is more accurate, and why might both still be important?
Evaluate accuracy by checking for factual evidence, corroboration with other sources, and context; both sources are important because one shows contemporary views and the other provides historical analysis.
Evaluate why countries or regions with similar physical or human characteristics might still have very different cultures or economies.
Regions with similar characteristics (e.g., desert areas) may differ due to cultural traditions, economy, political systems, or history.