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political pull factors that contribute to immigration

safety, freedom/rights, escape for war

Which of the 5 Themes of Geography is this an example? Most immigrants in the U.S. come from Latin America.

Movement

Which list contains the names of nations that each attracted fewer than two million immigrants?

Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Libya, Sudan, South Africa, Mongolia, and China

Which of the following nations attracted the fewest number of immigrants?

Mongolia

The political system in which the power of the government comes from the people.

Democracy

region

An area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas.

Drought

An unusually long period in which little or no rain falls.

examples of environmental push factors

Drought , starvation

This woman is enrolled in a medical technology program at a U.S. university. Which factor most likely played a role in bringing her to the U.S?

Education pull factors

Suppose this woman now lives with an aunt who emigrated to the United States many years before. What most likely helped her make that decision?

Family pull factor

3 Kinds of Pull Factors

Family, Education and Quality of Life

Many American cities hold parades to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Which immigrants brought the St. Patrick's Day celebration to the United States?

Irish

Which nations attracted between 100,000 and 999,999 immigrants each?

Libya and Sudan

schools, freedom, and jobs

Major pull factors that draws people to come to the USA.

Which statement is true?

Many who come to the United States for college later decide to make it their permanent home

The economic system in which business owners decide what to sell & at what price.

Market Economy

Which statement is true?

People may become political refugees when their government rules through fear

What is the most important push factor that drove these people to leave their homeland?

Political push factor

3 Kinds of Push Factors

Political, Economic and Environmental

After this student graduates, she can expect to make a good living. Which factor reflects this reason for coming to the United States?

Quality-of-life pull factors

When this woman got a job in America, she may have sent money back to her family in Ireland. These payments are called-

Remittances

Refugee

Someone who seeks safety by going to another country. Refugees may be escaping political unrest or war. Or they may fear being attacked because of their beliefs.

Holidays which came to the USA with immigrants.

St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo, and Chinese New Years

How have immigrants helped most to build the U.S. economy?

Starting new businesses

Migration streams

The constant flow of migrants from one country into another country. The largest migration stream into the United States today is from Mexico.

Genocide

The elimination of a group of people based on race,religion,or some other factor.

Diffusion

The spreading and mixing of cultures.

Persecution

The unfair treatment of a group of people

Why do some native-born Americans resent immigrants?

They fear that immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans

How do celebrations like the one in this photo change American society?

They teach Americans about the cultures immigrants come from

Emigrate

To move from a country. People who leave a country are called emigrants.

Immigrate

To move to a country. People who move to another country are called immigrants.

This statue shows a family getting ready to emigrate from Ireland to the United States-

To remember family members who moved far away

According to this map, which nation attracted the largest number of immigrants?

United States

Brain drain occurs when which people emigrate?

Well-educated professionals

Brain Drain

When country loses its most educated and skilled people

quotas

a set number of legal immigrants allowed in the United States each year.

environmental pull factors that contribute to immigration

access to water and food, abundant supply of resources, more land, housing

environmental push factors that contribute to emigration

drought, lack of resources, dangerous animals, hot climate, run-down, lack of electricity and transportation

economic pull factors that contribute to immigration

education, can make money, jobs, not struggling to survive

14th amendment

granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States

Major push factors that causes people to leave their home countries.

hunger, war and violence

economic push factors that contribute to emigration

no education, poverty, unemployment, no economy, no healthcare, developing country

Push factor

something that encourages people to leave a place behind

pull factor

something that encourages people to move to a new place

why do some people immigrate illegally

they don't have enough money, or time

political push factors that contribute to emigration

war, persecution, unstable government

example of political push factors

war,persecution

how does emigration affect the homeland(political)

work to bring democracy to homeland