Migration Factors
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Vocabulary
Migration Factors
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100

Free education is an example of what kind of factor?

A Pull Factor!

100

Environmental factors explain resources on the land, natural resources the land has, type of land and _________ (THINK WEATHER)

Climate type

100

A person who flees their country for safety

Refugee

100

Economic factors explain how resources and goods are used to make ______for the area.

MONEY

100

The study of the Earth and its people is called

Geography

200

push factors are generally...

negative

200

the total number of people who live in a specific place is

Population

200

A person who leaves one country and settles in another

Immigrant

200

Things that attract people to migrate to a new region (money, jobs, resources, etc)

Pull factors

200

What are the 5 themes of geography?

Movement, location, place, region, human-environment interaction.

300

War is what kind of factor

Push

300

Type of community that refers to the city

Urban

300

The process of relocating to a new region or place

Migration

300

An unfair government is what type of factor.

Push

300

Latitude and longitude lines help geographers identify

Absolute Location

400

Pull factors are generally...

Positive

400

shows the average of how many people live per square mile in an area.

Population Density

400

An area where people live, which is away from the center of town or city

Suburban

400

Political factors explain how the ______impacts the quality of life of the people in the area

Government

400

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF LOCATION?

Absolute and Relative

500

Things that cause people to leave and migrate to a new region (war, bad economy, harsh government, etc.)

Push Factor

500

Positive effects of migration (3 total)

Cultural, economical, political

500

Areas that relate to the country or farm

Rural

500

What are the three factors geographers use to explain population distribution?

Environmental, economical, political

500

WHAT ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT?

Adapt, modify, and depend!

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