Migration

Question 1

What is migration?

Answer 1

The movement from one location to another

Question 2

What is rural-urban migration?

Answer 2

The movement of people from the rural areas to the urban areas

Question 3

What is international migration?

Answer 3

Migration between countries

Question 4

What is temporary migration?

Answer 4

Migration for a limited period

Question 5

What is permanent migration?

Answer 5

Migration permanently

Question 6

What is forced migration?

Answer 6

People are forced to migrate

Question 7

What is economic migration?

Answer 7

Migration for better work

Question 8

What is commuting?

Answer 8

Movement from home to the workplace and vice versa

Question 9

What are causes for forced migration?

Answer 9

Natural disasters, war, political persecution, religion

Question 10

What are some causes for voluntary migration?

Answer 10

Better pay, retirement, education, healthcare, weather

Question 11

What is a push factor?

Answer 11

Things driving you away from your current location

Question 12

What is a pull factor?

Answer 12

Things driving you towards a new lcoation

Question 13

Name some push factors from an origin country

Answer 13

No job, low pay, pollution, bad weather, crime, poor education and quality of live

Question 14

Name some pull factors from an origin country

Answer 14

Friends and family, house, understand the culture and language

Question 15

Name some push factors from a destination country

Answer 15

Cost of housing, language barriers, new people, racial tension

Question 16

Name some pull factors from a destination country

Answer 16

Better job and pay, better education and healthcare, safe

Question 17

What is an intervening obstacle?

Answer 17

Problems a migrant will face on its journey

Question 18

Name some examples of an intervening obstacle

Answer 18

Money, language barriers, passport, weather, delays in transport, problems with housing

Question 19

What are some advantages of a source country losing people due to migration?

Answer 19

Reduced unemployment, reduced pressure on schools and healthcare, remittances sent by families abroad, improved international relations, reduced birth and fertility rate, migrants bring new skills

Question 20

What are some disadvantages of a source country losing people due to migration?

Answer 20

Fewer taxpayers, skilled people leave, dependency develops, family separation, shortage of workers

Question 21

What are some advantages of a destination country receiving people due to migration?

Answer 21

Source of manual jobs, skilled workers added to workforce, new cultures, more taxpayers

Question 22

What are some disadvantages of a destination country receiving people due to migration?

Answer 22

Racial tension, inflation, increased pressure on schools and healthcare, unemployment, pressure on housing, increased pollution

Question 23

What are remittances?

Answer 23

Money that is sent home to friends and family by migrants

Question 24

What is persecution?

Answer 24

When someone is attacked for what they believe in

Question 25

What are reasons for becoming a refugee?

Answer 25

War, natural disaster, political and religious beliefs, famine

Question 26

What are some problems faced by refugees?

Answer 26

No housing, shortage of food, no money, clothes or education, disease, poor healthcare

Question 27

What problems are faced by a country receiving refugees?

Answer 27

Cost of food, education, healthcare, increased pollution, spread of disease, increased unemployment, inflation

Question 28

What are solutions to a refugee problem?

Answer 28

Source country’s problem ends, return of migrants either to their home or near their home, migrants settle in a country a long way away, ban them