Population Movements Flashcards
People migrate _____ ____ and to ____ _____.
Within countries.
Different countries.
What is it called when people move into an area?
Immigration.
What are the people called who move into an area?
immigrants.
What is it called when people leave an area?
Emigration.
What are the people called who leave an area ?
Emigrants.
People can move between different what?
Regions within countries.
People can move where?
Across the world.
Few miles over the border.
Give an example of moving between different regions within countries
Countryside to a city.
Rural-urban migration.
Migrations happens because of ____ and ____ factors.
Push.
Pull.
What are push factors?
Things about a person’s place of origin that make them decide to move.
What are pull factors?
Things about a person’s destination that attracts them.
Examples of push factors
Not being able to find a job.
Poor living conditions.
War.
Natural disaster .
Push factors are usually…
Negative.
What are refugees?
People who have been forced to leave their country due to war or natural disaster.
Give an example of when people had to migrate?
Thousands of refugees migrated to escape the war in Kosovo in 1999.
