2.10 Causes of Migration

Question 1

Voluntary Migration

Answer 1

Migration made by choice

Question 2

Pull Factor

Answer 2

Positive factor that encourages migrants to move there

Question 3

Push Factor

Answer 3

Negative factor that encourages people to move away from an area

Question 4

Why did 70,000 Mormons move to the Great Lakes area?

Answer 4

Violence towards Mormon culture

Question 5

Why did the Mormons choose the Great Lake area?

Answer 5

-Isolated
-Agricultural Opportunities

Question 6

Why did some Cubans leave Cuba following Fidel Castro’s takeover in 1959?

Answer 6

Cubans who opposed communism left Cuba after Fidel Castro’s takeover because those who opposed him ended up jailed or killed.

Question 7

Why did the Dalai Lama and his supporters migrate from Tibet to India in 1959?

Answer 7

After China overtook Tibet, they began killing Tibetans, so the Dalai Lama led a group to safety in India.

Question 8

Who made the migration transition model?

Answer 8

Wilbur Zelinsky

Question 9

Stage 4 & 5 countries attract people from _____ countries.

Answer 9

Stage 2 & 3

Question 10

Homestead Act of 1862

Answer 10

Offer for farmers to settle out west in the United States and claim land for free as long as they farm on it for five years

Question 11

Intervening Obstacle

Answer 11

An intervening obstacle is a barrier a traveler reaches that may prohibit them from reaching their destination.

Question 12

Intervening Opportunity

Answer 12

An intervening opportunity is an encounter that occurs during a traveler’s original migration route.