NZ Melting Pot - Glossary Words Flashcards
Origin
starting point
Push Factors
These are negative factors which cause people to move from their origin
Whalers
People that came to hunt whales
Colony
settlement in a new country
Pull factors
positive factors that attract people to move to their destination e.g: employment, education
Sealers
People that came to hunt seals for their skins
Culture
the concepts, attitudes, values and objects that a group shares in common
Traders
people who came to get kauri timber for ship masts and flax for weaving
Immigration
leaving one’s own country to settle in another
Counterflow
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
Emigration
come into a country to settle
Colonization
To establish settlement in a new country
Neutral factors
these are factors that are of no concern to people when they migrate e.g: retired people are not concerned about schools
Intervening Obstacles
these are factors that may prevent a person from migrating or may make it difficult for them to move
Missionaires
people who came to convert the maori people to Christianity
