Unit 2 Vocab: Migration & Human Geography

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Human Adaptation

cn - 人类适应

kr – 인간적응

jp - 人間適応/にんげんのてきおう

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The way humans change or adjust their actions and behaviours in order to survive and thrive in a particular environment.

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Environmental Impact

cn -环境的影响

kr - 환경 영향

jp -環境影響/かんきょうえいきょう

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The effect that human activities have on the natural environment. This can include things like pollution, deforestation, and changes to the land and water.

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Migration (Human)

Chinese (cn): 移民

Korean (kr): 이민

Japanese (jp): 移住/いじゅう

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The movement of people from one place to another to live.

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Push Factor

Chinese (cn): 推力因素

Korean (kr): 푸시요인

Japanese (jp): プッシュ/要因

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Undesirable circumstances about one place or region of the world that causes people to move to a different place in the world.

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Pull Factor

cn - 拉动因素

kr - 유인 요인

jp - 引力要因

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Desirable circumstances about one place or region of the world that causes people to want to move there.

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Human Features

cn - 人文特征

kr - 인문 특징

jp - 人文的特徴

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Human geography (or human features) relates only to the human environment; something that is built or created by humans and would not have existed in nature without humans.

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Physical Features

cn - 自然特征

kr - 물리적 특징

jp - 自然的特徴

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The study of the Earth's natural features, such as mountains, rivers, deserts, and oceans. This includes landforms and how they change, as well as climate and its effects.

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Immigration

cn - 移民

kr – 이민

jp - 移民 /いみん

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The process of moving to a new country or region with the intention of staying and living there.

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Emigration

cn - 移居

kr – 이거

jp - 移住 /いじゅう

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The process of leaving from one country or region to live in another.

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Internal Migration

cn - 内部迁移

kr - 내부 이동

jp - 国内移動 /こくないいどう

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The movement of people from one area within a country or nation to another.