AP Human Geography on Migration
SS.912.G.4.2.Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the push/pull factors
contributing to human migration within and among places.
SS. 912.G.4.3. Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects of
migration both on the place of origin and destination, including border areas.
Learning Objective: Students understand the different types of migration and
migration patterns.
1.
Ernst Ravenstein collected data about “why” people migrate. He came up
with five main reasons and called them “Laws of Migration.” Which
of the following is NOT one of the laws?
a. Every migration flow generates a counter- migration
b. Most migrants move a short distance.
c. Migrants who DO move longer distances usually choose cities as
their destinations.
d. People in the country (rural areas) are more likely to move than city
dwellers.
e. Families are much more likely to move internationally than single,
young, men.
2, Loretta decides to move from Puerto Rico to New York City because she
has family there who will give her a place to live until she finds a job. This is
an example of:
a. An intervening opportunity
b. chain migration
c. Step migration
d. Forced migration
e. Cyclical migration
3. . Marissa plans to leave Indonesia to find work in Kuwait as a nanny. On the
way she stops in New Delhi, India, to visit cousin. Her cousin arranges for her to
interview for a job as a “customer service consultant” in a large company. If Marissa
deccides to take this job she is responding to:
a. An intervening opportunity
b. Chain migration
c. Step migration
d. Forced migration
e. Cyclical migration
4.
Richard and his family have been moving in unpredictable way over the past
three years in order to stay ahead of Rebels that are destroying their country. Their
migration is considered:
a. Nomadism
b. Chain migration
c. Transhumance
d. Forced migration
e. Cyclical migration
5.
When people commute to work or school each way they are engaging in:
a. Cyclic movement
b. Periodic movement
c. Nomadism
d. Transhumance
e. Emigration
6.
Cattle herders in Switzerland who move with theiir animals to the mountains
during the summer months, and return to their villages in the valley during the winter
months, are part of:
a. Nomadism
b. Transhumance
c. Forced migration
d. Cyclic movement
e. None of the above
7.
Before the year 1500 long-distance, global-scale migration occurred:
a. Only into the area of Central America that is now Guatemala
b. Haphazardly, typically in pursuit of spices, f me, or exploration
c. Quickly because telecommunications alerted people to jobs that
were available
d. All in one year because the United States raised minimum wages
e. In the coldest parts of the globe because do~-sled travel was
cheapest
8.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five major flows of migration
since the year 1500?
a. Europe to North America
b. Southern Europe (Spain and Portugal) to South and Middle
America
c. Britain and Ireland to Africa and Australia
d. Africa to the Americas
e. Canada to Southeast Asia
9.
In the 1970s in the United States, African Americans who had previously
moved from the South to the North began to move from the North to the South.
This trend is considered to e:
a. Reverse migration
b. Counter migration
c. International emigration
a. International immigration
b. None of the above
Section 2: Student understands the difference between push and pull factors and
can apply these terms in situations of migration
Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans as a category 5 hurricane. People were
forced to move inland, in some cases to other states The population of the gulf
coast had grown over the last 30 years as people moved from the northern
industrial states (Rust Belt) to the southern states (Sun Belt) attracted to better
economic conditions and a milder climate.
10.
Which statement best describes the main idea of the above
paragraph is?
a. Migration situation in the Gulf area first was a pull factor, then
became a push factor.
b. Migration is not a term that would apply to this paragraph.
c. Migration situation in the Gulf areas first was a push factor, and
then after the storm became a pull factor.
d. The Rust Belt has a larger population than the Sun Belt.
e. The Sun Belt has a greater population than the Rust Belt.
11.
When migrants go to a neighboring country for short-term economic
opportunities, or to flee political conflict or war they are migrating at the:
a. Local scale
b. Regional scale
c. National scale
d. Global scale
e. Bathroom scale
Section 3: Student understands the difference between voluntary and involuntary
migration
12.
International groups generally agree that someone who moves with
only as much as they can carry, starts out on foot, at a moment’s notice, and
sometimes without official “papers” a:
a. Refugee
b. Guest worker
c. Migrant laborer
d. Nomad
e. Colonist
13.
The “largest forced migration in history” occurred into the Americas
between the years 1700 and 1810. This is also referred to as the:
a. Age of English Global Imperialism
b. Irish Potato Famine
c. Atlantic Slave Trade
d. Internment of Japanese in California
e. Tibetan Buddhists fleeing Chinese communists
Section 4: Student understands the effect of migration on origins and destinations
14.
Because so many men (and women) were killed in Europe during
World War II, many countries began to encourage migrant workers from
Turkey to take jobs temporarily, assuming that the Turks would eventually
return to their home country. These migrants were considered to be:
a. Entrepreneurs
b. Guest workers
c. Refugees
d. Nomads
e. Gypsies
15.
Coastal cities where most foreign investment goes, where the vast
majority of paying jobs are located, and where infrastructure is concentrated
are called:
a. Gold-rush communities
b. Foreign footprints
c. Economic outposts
d. Islands of development
e. Cash hide-aways