Migrations
What is migration?
People moving from one place to another.
What is culture?
Beliefs, language, food, religion, values, etc. of a group of people.
What is trade?
Exchange of goods and services between countries.
What exactly is a genocide?
Mass killing or destruction of a certain group
What is Internal Migration?
Provide an example
Moving from one place in a country to another place in that SAME country.
EX: Moving from Bowling Green to Lexington
What is cultural diffusion?
Culture spreading to new places.
Which city has the largest population:
Dallas: 1,331,752
Houston: 2,412,920
San Antonio: 1,548,485
Austin:1,000,511
Houston
What group of people were persecuted during the Holocaust?
Jewish
What is External Migration?
Provide an example
Moving from one country to another country.
Ex: Moving from a city in the USA to a city in Germany
What is cultural assimilation?
Processes where people lose their original culture and gain a new one.
How can the environment be used while trading?
Cities near oceans/rivers help transport goods and make trading easier and faster.
Areas with harsh terrain, like mountains, deserts, or thick forests, can make transportation and trade difficult.
Provide 1 example of a genocide that you read about in class. What happened in this example?
Answers vary
What are push and pull factors?
Push Factors: Negative things that make people want to move away from a place.
Pull Factors: Positive things that make people want to move to a place.
What is cultural integration?
When people learn a new culture while keeping their original culture.
How can trade benefit a country?
Gives them more variety of goods and resources, improves the relationship between countries, etc.
Why might Genocide lead to rapid migration?
People want to flee from violence and death.
Which are pull and push factors:
-Lots of resources, Famine, Job opportunities, Freedom of Speech, Genocide, Natural Disaster, low cost of living
Pull: Lots of resources, job opportunities, freedom of speech, low cost of living
Push: Famine, Genocide, Natural Disaster
How does migration affect culture?
Migration causes the cultures of places to change. People migrate and spread (diffuse) their cultures to new places around the world.
If the population of Kentucky suddenly increases by 5 million people, what positive and negative effects might occur?
Positive: More Diversity, Economic Expansion, more workers
Negative: Not enough resources, more pollution, competition for jobs
What was the Khmer Rouge?
The Khmer Rouge was an evil group that ruled Cambodia.
They killed ~2 million people during the Cambodian Civil War/Genocide.