Migration Flashcards
DEFINITIONS.
Push factors =?
Reasons ‘pushing’ a person away from a place
DEFINITIONS.
Pull factors =?
Reasons ‘pulling’ a person to a place
DEFINITIONS.
Emigration =?
Leaving a country to live in another
DEFINITIONS.
Immigration =?
Arriving from another country
DEFINITIONS.
Commuting =?
Traveling onto town to work each day from the suburbs, then traveling back
DEFINITIONS.
Seasonal migration =?
Moving town each season (weather)
DEFINITIONS.
Out Migration =?
Moving out of a town/city
DEFINITIONS.
In Migration =?
Moving into a new town/city
Reasons Australia attracts Kiwis
- better jobs
- better attractions
- better pay
- better economy
- lower taxes
- better weather
- better lifestyle
- larger cities
- better shopping
- relatives
Why do Kiwis move to Australia?
- both Oz & NZ have a close immigration relationship
- they have provided easy travel to one another
- their citizens have exemptions from visa requirements.
What is Triangular Trade?
England to Africa
Africa to America
America to England
ENGLAND TO AFRICA. Ships left England with eg copper, cloth, beads, guns & ammunition. Goods would be sold or traded for slaves.
AFRICA TO AMERICA. Slaves. Had been bought from slave traders or from African tribes who had captured people from another tribe.
AMERICA TO ENGLAND.some of money made from selling slaves, used to buy sugar, rum, tobacco or cotton. Then this was sold in Europe.
DEFINITIONS.
What was the Slave Trade?
Involuntary or forced migration where Africans were transported to Americans & sold to people who used them as cheap labour.
What were conditions on slave boats like?
Slaves were chained together & were crammed in the ships hold the entire voyage. They were given little to eat or drink & hygiene was poor. Many died from disease on the journey
Questions I might get asked to write a paragraph about
Why was the slave trade so horrible?
Why is Australia a popular place for migrating Kiwis?
Facts I need to know
- triangular trade
- plantation - cash
- middle passage (transporting slaves to America)
- trade goods
- slave ships
- push & pull of Oz. push - smaller population, pull - better jobs, lower taxes
- OE - overseas experience/ exchange
- Statue of Liberty - USA, New York
- equator
