Early Human Migration PUSH vs. PULL factors

Massive droughts occur where you are now living. The inland river that has served as the water supply for your clan is almost dry. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Environmental

• Political

• Cultural

• Economic

Massive droughts occur where you are now living. The inland river that has served as the water supply for your clan is almost dry. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Push

• Pull

Your clan hunts springbok and other animals for food. The herds have grown and can no longer find enough plants to eat; the herds have left your area. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Environmental

• Political

• Cultural

• Economic

Your clan hunts springbok and other animals for food. The herds have grown and can no longer find enough plants to eat; the herds have left your area. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Push

• Pull

Hunters from your clan discovered a coastal area that would make living easier than it is inland. Shellfish are abundant there, which would supplement your hunting and gathering. The climate is also warmer. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Environmental

• Political

• Cultural

• Economic

Hunters from your clan discovered a coastal area that would make living easier than it is inland. Shellfish are abundant there, which would supplement your hunting and gathering. The climate is also warmer. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Push

• Pull

You live in an inland area where the climate is gradually becoming colder. This is changing the availability of plants that your clan gathers, as well as the availability of animals for hunting. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Environmental

• Political

• Cultural

• Economic

You live in an inland area where the climate is gradually becoming colder. This is changing the availability of plants that your clan gathers, as well as the availability of animals for hunting. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Push

• Pull

You are living in a grassland area. Some people in your clan have figured out how to make stone tools that help in hunting. You have heard that more and better stones are available in an area not too far away.

• Environmental

• Political

• Cultural

• Economic

You are living in a grassland area. Some people in your clan have figured out how to make stone tools that help in hunting. You have heard that more and better stones are available in an area not too far away.

• Push

• Pull