Geography Lesson 8 Vocabulary Terms – Flashcards
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Emigrating
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To move from a country.
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What are people who leave a country called?
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Emigrants
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What do people w ho emigrate need to learn in their new countries?
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They need to learn things like new languages and how to make a living strange place.
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Migration streams
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The constant flow of migrants from one count to another country.
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IMMIGRANT v/s EMIGRANT
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Emigrant- leaving country
Immigrant- coming to country
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What are you move to another country?
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You are both an immigrant and an emigrant.
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You can only be an immigrant when you...
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Move from one country to another.
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Both push and pull factors drive people to move...
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To other places.
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Push factors...
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Encourage people to emigrate from where they live to a different place.
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Push factor
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Something that encourages people to leave a place behind.
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What is an example of push factor?
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An example of a push factor would be war, poverty, hunger, etc.
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Pull factor
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Something that encourages people to move to a new place.
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What do pull factors do?
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Pull factors attract people to a new place and encourage them to immigrate there.
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What is an example of a pull factor?
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An example of a pull factor would be freedom and opportunities for a better life.
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PULL FACTORS v/s PUSH FACTORS
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Pull factors- good things that "pull" people towards a country
Push factors- bad things that "push" people away from a country
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How many people have come to the U.S. since 1820?
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65 million people
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Refugee
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someone who seeks safety be going to another country.
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What are some examples of why refugees would seek safety?
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Refugees may be escaping from political arrest, war, or being attacked because of their beliefs.
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Persecution
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unfair treatment of others because of who they are or what they believe in.
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Genocide
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the elimination of a group of people based on race, religion, or some other factor.
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What would be an example of genocide?
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An example of genocide would be political, racial, or an ethnic group.
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Is persecution an example of a push or pull factor?
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Persecution is an example of a push factor,
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Drought
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an unusually long period in which little or no rain falls
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What are the most common push factors?
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Economic push factors are the most common push factors.
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What is one of the most powerful pull factors?
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One of the most powerful pull factors is the desire to unite with family members.
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Which family member is the first to immigrate to a new country?
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Usually the young men of the family are the ones that immigrate to the countries first. After the find jobs and homes they bring along their wife, children, and parents.
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What is one thing that the U.S. has long depended on immigrants for?
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Labor
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What is one thing that many Americans complain on today?
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Many Americans complain that immigrants are "taking their jobs", but many times, these Americans didn't want these jobs anyway.
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diffusion
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the spreading and mixing of cultures
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What negative thing can diffusion cause?
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Diffusion could cause conflict.
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What is one thing that immigrants bring to the U.S.?
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Immigrants bring new foods and cultures to the U.S.
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brain drain
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the loss of well-educated people, such as doctors or engineers, to another country
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What can brain drain turn into?
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Brain drain can turn into "brain gain" when the well-educated immigrants send money to their home countries.
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Remittance
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a payment of money sent by an immigrant to a relative in his or her homeland
