NZ Melting Pot - Glossary Words Flashcards

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Origin

A

starting point

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Push Factors

A

These are negative factors which cause people to move from their origin

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Whalers

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People that came to hunt whales

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4
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Colony

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settlement in a new country

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Pull factors

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positive factors that attract people to move to their destination e.g: employment, education

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Sealers

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People that came to hunt seals for their skins

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Culture

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the concepts, attitudes, values and objects that a group shares in common

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Traders

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people who came to get kauri timber for ship masts and flax for weaving

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9
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Immigration

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leaving one’s own country to settle in another

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Counterflow

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this is when people return from their destination back to their point of origin - homesick, disappointed with destination, couldn’t get a job, being a tourist

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Emigration

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come into a country to settle

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Colonization

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To establish settlement in a new country

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Neutral factors

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these are factors that are of no concern to people when they migrate e.g: retired people are not concerned about schools

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Intervening Obstacles

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these are factors that may prevent a person from migrating or may make it difficult for them to move

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15
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Missionaires

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people who came to convert the maori people to Christianity

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16
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Population

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inhabitants in a place or country

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Consequence

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a result or effect of one’s choice/action or what has gone before

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Interaction

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to act on each other

19
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Destination

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a place to which a person or thing is going

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Migration

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to move from one place and settle in another

21
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Icon

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a symbol or representation that stands for an object