MIGRATION

AP Human Geography

What is migration?

A permanent movement of people to a new location Leaving a rural area for an urban area (ex.

Great Migration) Leaving an LDC for a MDC (Mexico to U.S.)

Emigration- migration from a location Immigration- migration to a location

Why do people migrate?

Economic motives Jobs, jobs, jobs! (LDC’s to MDC’s, rural to urban)

Cultural motives Political instability/ persecution (genocide in

Sudan, Pilgrims) Slavery (Africa to Americas)

Environmental motives Lack/ abundance of resources (drought in Chad,

Florida) Natural disasters (Hurricane Katrina)

Global Migration Streams

Push vs. Pull Factors

Reasons that people leave a certain place.

Ex. Lack of jobs War/ violence Persecution Natural disasters

Reasons that people are attracted to a new place.

Ex. Jobs Peace Stability Education Natural beauty

Push Factors Pull Factors

Forced vs. Voluntary Migration

Compelled to move by cultural factors. War Exile Persecution Slavery

Choosing to move for economic improvement. Jobs Jobs Jobs Lifestyle

Forced Voluntary

Forced Migration (refugees)

Types of Migration

From one country to another.

Usually from LDC to MDC. Mexico to U.S.A. Turkey to Germany Guatemala to

Mexico

Within a country. Illinois to California Michigan to

Chicago Chicago to Suburbs

Inter-national Migration Internal Migration

Latin America to the United States

Types of Internal Migration

From one region to another in the same country Midwest to the

South

Within a region. Michigan to

Illinois City to

suburbs

Inter-regional Intra-regional

Inter-regional Migration in the U.S.

Intra-regional Migration

Key Vocab

Educated people leave a place for a more desirable destination.

Ex. Doctors might leave India to get pain more in the U.S.

People migrate to a place to be with people (family, friends, ethnic) who have previously migrated to that place.

Brain Drain Chain Migration

Net Migration

Immigration Cartogram