Migration Overview AP HUG

What is a Push Factor in migration?

A negative factor that detracts someone from their current location, encouraging them to migrate away.

What is a Pull Factor in migration?

A positive factor that attracts someone to a new location, encouraging them to migrate towards it.

What are Intervening Opportunities?

Convenient opportunities during migration that may alter a person's original plan to settle at a new, closer location.

What are Intervening Obstacles?

Obstacles that stop a person from migrating, including geographical, political, or cultural barriers.

Give an example of a cultural Push Factor.

Discrimination that encourages individuals to leave their location.

Give an example of a cultural Pull Factor.

Safety or freedom that encourages individuals to migrate to a new location.

Give an example of an economic Push Factor.

No employment opportunities, inflation, or poverty.

Give an example of an economic Pull Factor.

Job opportunities or higher income in a new location.

What is a Refugee?

A person who is forced to migrate due to major push factors such as war or persecution.

What does Internally Displaced Person mean?

A person who avoids major push factors by migrating to a distant location within the same country.

What is Chain Migration?

Migration influenced by the presence of family members who have already migrated.

What is Transhumance?

The seasonal movement of livestock between lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.

What defines a Guest Worker?

A person who migrates temporarily for employment and sends money home.

How did World War II act as a Push Factor for migration during the 1940s?

It led many people to immigrate to the U.S.A, seeking safety from conflict.

What is the difference between Intra-regional and Inter-regional migration?

Intra-regional migration occurs within the same region, while Inter-regional migration occurs between different regions.

What type of migration involves forced labor?

Slavery, where a person is owned and compelled to work under restricted freedoms.