Push & Pull Factors
A reason that forces a person to leave their home country, such as war, famine, or natural disasters.
What is a push factor?
he Spanish explorer who led a 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, believing he could reach Asia by sailing west.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The map feature that shows directions like North, South, East, and West.
What is a compass rose?
The imaginary line drawn around the Earth at 0° latitude that divides it into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
The largest continent on Earth by both land area and population.
What is Asia?
A reason that attracts a person to a new location, such as better jobs, safety, or freedom.
What is a pull factor?
The Spanish explorer who claimed Florida for Spain while searching for gold and land.
Who is Juan Ponce de León?
The four main directions: North, South, East, and West.
What are cardinal directions?
Imaginary lines that run East to West, but measure distance North or South of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude (or parallels)?
The ocean located between North/South America and Europe/Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A severe crop failure causing hunger across an entire country is an example of this type of factor.
What is a push factor?
The three original Spanish ships on Christopher Columbus's famous 1492 journey.
What are the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María?
The section of a map that explains what the symbols, colors, and lines stand for.
What is a map key (or map legend)?
he starting line of longitude located at 0° that runs through Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The largest ocean on Earth, located west of North America and east of Asia.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Finding a high-paying job in a new city is an example of this type of factor.
What is a pull factor?
The famous mythical spring that legend claims Ponce de León was searching for in Florida.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
The map tool that compares distances on a map to real-world distances on Earth.
What is a map scale?
Imaginary lines that run North to South from pole to pole, measuring distance East or West.
What are lines of longitude (or meridians)?
The only continent that is also a single nation/country.
What is Australia?
Moving to another country to escape religious persecution involves both a push factor (persecution) and this specific pull factor.
What is religious freedom (or safety)?
The country that sponsored (paid for) the voyages of both Columbus and Ponce de León.
What is Spain?
Directions like Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest.
What are intermediate directions?
The exact spot on Earth where latitude and longitude lines cross to create a specific address.
What is absolute location (or coordinates)?
The frozen continent located at the southernmost point of the Earth.
What is Antarctica?