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explain how political, economic, social, and environmental push and pull factors and physical geography affect the routes and flows of human migration

Use the information and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Which is the best conclusion from this information?

A Sea levels will drop in Asia due to ice cap melting.

B People should live close to a coastline.

C Climate changes may result in massive world-wide migration.

D Migration has led to global environmental change.

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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the next two questions.

What conclusion can best be drawn from this diagram?

A The Fulani are hunters.

B The Fulani are farmers.

C Most Fulani earn a living as merchants.

D The Fulani are nomadic herders.

Based on the diagram, the annual migration of the Fulani people is a direct result of—

A tribal warfare

B religious factors

C environmental factors

D forced migration

Use the information and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What conclusion can be drawn from all four of these examples?

A Wars in Africa are particularly violent.

B Political, economic and social factors can lead to human migration.

C Ethnic wars no longer trouble the world.

D Internal migration of people is important in shifting populations.

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Increasing numbers of people from Latin America have migrated to the United States over the last three decades. What has been the primary reason for this increased migration?

A to escape from the threat of Communism

B to obtain religious freedom

C to avoid natural disasters

D to find new economic opportunities

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Use the photographs and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Which conclusion can best be drawn from these three photographs?

A Few people in the world still live in poverty.

B Many people in China now live in urban areas.

C A variety of push-and-pull factors may cause people to migrate.

D Religion is the principal reason why most people migrate.

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Which of the following is an example of human migration caused by an economic “pull” factor?

A Puritans migrated to Massachusetts to freely practice their religion.

B Afghan refugees fled to Pakistan to escape war involving Taliban and U.S. forces.

C Turkish workers migrated to Germany after 1945 to fill jobs in that nation.

D East Berliners crossed into West Berlin in the 1960s to escape Communist rule.

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Muslim peoples from the Middle East crossed into India, where they spread the Islamic religion. How was their migration route most affected by physical geography?

A They avoided streams and rivers along their migration route.

B They were unable to migrate because of unfavorable weather conditions.

C They migrated along the route that took them through the densest forests.

D They migrated through the Kyber Pass to avoid going over mountains.

Each year some 3,000 Tibetans escape from threats and persecution posed by China’s invasion of Tibet.

Tibetans journey across the Himalayas through the Nangpa La Mountain Pass, at a height of 18,880 feet,

to reach Nepal and India. Their trip takes months since they travel on foot and at night to avoid Chinese

patrols. Tibetans risk hypothermia, snow blindness, falling down crevasses, dying of cold or hunger, or

being shot by Chinese border guards.

-The Free Tibet Association

What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?

A People are afraid to migrate across routes that are unsafe.

B The flow of human migration is affected by a variety of factors.

C Tibet poses a serious threat to China.

D The Nanga La Mountain pass is a safe route for most Tibetan exiles.

In the 1840’s, the potato famine struck Ireland causing starvation and loss of jobs. Many Irish people migrated to North America for better opportunities. The lack of food and jobs were examples of ___________ for Ireland.

A Push Factors

B Pull Factors

C Both A and B

D Neither A nor B

Which of these best explains the population shift in Europe that resulted from the formation of

the European Union?

A People migrated to Western Europe in search of employment in more-industrialized, more developed countries.

B Increased opportunities for trade with Africa encouraged people to migrate to southern Europe.

C The development of new markets in former Soviet countries encouraged people to migrate to eastern Europe.

D People migrated to northern Europe in search of greater economic and political freedoms.