Key Issues 3.1: Why People Migrate

The ability to move from one location to another is:

• migration.
• mobility.
• voluntary migration.
• net migration.

A permanent move to a new location is:

• migration.
• mobility.
• net migration.
• net out-migration

A country has net in-migration if emigration ________ immigration.

• equals
• exceeds
• is closer to net migration than
• is less than

Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?

• economic
• environmental
• cultural
• all of the above

Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor?

• a revolutionary takeover of a government
• a failed harvest
• the flooding of a river
• the opening of a new factory

Several million Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because:

• the English forced them to become refugees.
• disastrous economic conditions pushed them out of the country.
• poor environmental conditions induced them to migrate.
• they were attracted to the United States.

According to the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the 2 largest groups of international refugees are:

• Vietnamese and Indonesian.

• Sudanese and Colombian.

• Syrian and Afghan.

• Mexican and Somalian.

The most important pull factor for migrants to North America is:

• economic.
• environmental.
• forced.
• political.

People are forced to migrate primarily because of which factor?

• economic
• environmental
• international
• cultural

A physical feature, such as a body of water, which hinders migration is an example of:

• an environmental push factor.
• a forced migration.
• an intervening obstacle.
• a political pull factor.