Chapter 13 - People on the Move

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

Means moving away from the source area, e.g. hometown, to the destination area, e.g. Dublin

Question 2

Individual migration

Answer 2

Person makes their own decision to move

Question 3

Internal migrant

Answer 3

Person who decides to move from one part of the country to another part of the same country

Question 4

International migrant

Answer 4

Person who decides to move from one country to another

Question 5

Migrant

Answer 5

Person who makes the decision to move from one place to another

Question 6

Organised migration

Answer 6

The movement of people planned by a government

Question 7

Emigrant

Answer 7

A person who leaves their county to live in another

Question 8

Economic migrant

Answer 8

An individual who moves from one country to another country during a recessionary period

Question 9

Immigrant

Answer 9

A person who leaves their home country to live in Ireland

Question 10

Pull factors

Answer 10

Those factors which make moving to another place attractive

Question 11

Push factors

Answer 11

Those factors of a place that force people to move away

Question 12

Push or pull factor?: Prospect of a better life

Answer 12

Pull

Question 13

Push or pull factor?: Access to further education

Answer 13

Pull

Question 14

Push or pull factor?: Poor standard of living

Answer 14

Push

Question 15

Push or pull factor?: Lack of services

Answer 15

Push

Question 16

Push or pull factor?: Poor job opportunities

Answer 16

Push

Question 17

Push or pull factor?: Poor facilities

Answer 17

Push

Question 18

Push or pull factor?: Better job opportunities

Answer 18

Pull

Question 19

Push or pull factor?: Poor living conditions

Answer 19

Push

Question 20

Push or pull factor?: War and unrest

Answer 20

Push

Question 21

Push or pull factor?: Better social life

Answer 21

Pull

Question 22

Push or pull factor?: Access to better housing

Answer 22

Pull

Question 23

Push or pull factor?: Pollution

Answer 23

Push

Question 24

When did the Ulster Plantation begin?

Answer 24

1609

Question 25

What did the process of plantation involve?

Answer 25

The process involved the removal of native Irish from their land and giving this land to English and Scottish settlers in return for their loyalty to the crown

Question 26

Why did they carry out the plantations?

Answer 26

►To stop rebellions ►To spread English customs and cultures ►To spread Protestantism

Question 27

Why were planters attracted to Ulster?

Answer 27

►They received large estates of cheap land | ►Planters were offered low rent on landlord estates. Sometimes lower than Irish farmers

Question 28

What were the effects of the Ulster plantation on Irish landowners?

Answer 28

►Many landowners were forced to leave their land ►Some Irish had to move to smaller estates in different areas of Ulster ►Divisions between Protestant planters and Irish Catholics -> unrest in Northern Ireland ►Planned plantation towns were built

Question 29

When did Christopher Columbus discover the 'New World'?

Answer 29

1492

Question 30

When was the Treaty of Tordesillas signed?

Answer 30

1494

Question 31

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Answer 31

A division of South America along longitude 49° west. Land east of this line was assigned to Portugal while land west of the line was assigned to Spain

Question 32

What were the attractions of South America?

Answer 32

►Conquistadors came in search of wealth e.g. gold ►Settlers set up large plantations and grew cotton, coffee and sugar cane. These were worked by West African slaves ►Missionaries spread Christianity

Question 33

What were the effects of the colonisation on native Indians?

Answer 33

►Many Amerindians had to leave their land ►Many had to work on pplantations ►Many died from diseases brought over by conquistadors e.g. common cold

Question 34

Who were conquistadors?

Answer 34

Spanish soldiers, explorers and adventurers

Question 35

What were the effects of colonisation on South America?

Answer 35

○Inca and Aztec empires wiped out ○Amerindian population reduced due to diseases, overwork or being killed ○Black Africans forced to migrate to South America to work as slaves ○Costal towns and cities established ○Christian faith introduced ○Spanish and Portuguese languages introduced ○Architecture and culture influenced by Spanish and Portuguese settlers ○Multi-racial societies ○Shanty towns home to millions of people in South America

Question 36

Give three example of coastal towns and cities that were established during the colonisation of South America

Answer 36

* Santiago, Chile * Lima, Peru * Rio de Janero, Brazil

Question 37

What impact does migration have on the place left behind?

Answer 37

``` →Marriage rates decline →Birth rates drop →Facilities may close →No skilled labour force →Difficult to attract industry →Farms less productive ```

Question 38

What impact does migration have on the pace moved to?

Answer 38

``` →Pressure on services →Pressure on transport →Pressure on infrastructure →Demand for housing grows →Dormitory towns grow →House prices rise ```