Vocabulary
Term for moving into a new country to live.
(Answer: immigrant / immigrate)
Clue: The push factor type for war, persecution, unfair laws.
What type of Push Factor is this?
(Answer: political push)
Clue: Joining relatives already in the U.S. is this pull.
(Answer: family pull / family reunification)
Clue: About what percentage of U.S. workers are immigrants today?
(Answer: ~17%)
Clue: Loss of skilled workers who move abroad.
(Answer: brain drain)
Term for moving out of your home country.
(Answer: emigrate / emigrant)
Clue: The 1840s Irish potato failure is this kind of push.
What type of Push Factor is this?
(Answer: environmental push / famine)
Clue: Moving for good schools or college is this pull.
(Answer: education pull)
Clue: Name one lower-wage job from the text that immigrants often fill.
(Answer: farm laborer / cab driver / house cleaner / restaurant worker / nanny — anyone)
Clue: When emigrants return with new skills and experience.
(Answer: brain gain)
Clue: The steady flow of people from one country to another.
(Answer: migration stream)
Clue: Low wages and few jobs create this push.
What type of Push Factor is this?
(Answer: economic push)
Clue: The belief you can build a better life through opportunity and freedom.
(Answer: the American Dream / quality-of-life pull)
Clue: Name one high-skill role immigrants do from the text.
(Answer: doctor / professor / computer programmer — or “start a business”)
Clue: According to the text, name one community project remittances can help build.
(Answer: a well or a school)
Clue: Holidays like St. Patrick’s Day appearing in the U.S. via newcomers is called this cultural spread.
(Answer: diffusion / cultural diffusion)
Clue: People fleeing a government that rules by fear are called…
(Answer: political refugees)
Clue: Seeking freedom to worship without fear is this pull.
(Answer: quality-of-life pull / safety & freedom)
Clue: Working immigrants’ taxes help fund these public services (name one).
(Answer: public schools / libraries / health clinics — any one)
What is one result of a college graduate immigrating from country X to country Y?
1. The spread and mixing of cultures in country Y
The graduate moves to country Y. Immigrants bring languages, foods, skills, and traditions to the destination, which leads to cultural diffusion there.
Why the others are not correct:
a brain drain in country Y — Brain drain hurts the country people leave (country X), not the country they move to.
a brain gain in country X — Brain gain happens only if the graduate returns to X with new skills.
The loss of cultural diffusion in country X — Diffusion doesn’t “stop” in X; it just also happens in Y when the person arrives.
Clue: Money migrants send to family members back home.
(Answer: remittances)
Clue: The 1986 Chernobyl accident forced evacuations. Name the push category.
What type of Push Factor is this?
(Answer: environmental push)
Clue: In 2016–2017, how many foreign students were enrolled in U.S. colleges (per text)?
(Answer: over 1 million)
Clue: Name two examples of cultural diffusion in the U.S. from the text (foods or holidays).
(Answer: any two of: potstickers, sushi, bagels, tacos; St. Patrick’s Day, Chinese New Year, Cinco de Mayo)
Where did the majority of people in the third great wave of immigration to the United States come from?
Latin America and Asia
Clue:
A country loses skilled workers to emigration. Name the two ways the homeland can still benefit that are highlighted in our unit.
Remittances and brain gain
Examples accepted—money for school/health/wells; returnees bringing new skills/leadership, e.g., Valdas Adamkus.