DEMOGRAPHICS & POPULATION
TRENDS: ALL ABOUT THE #’S
In your google drive choose U4LG2 Notes: Movement
of People
Movement of People (Learning Goal 2):
Explain how population and settlement
patterns are affected by migration,
urbanization, transportation and the
availability of resources.
(TEKS/SE’s 6b/7b)
REVIEW: REFER BACK TO LG 1 IN YOUR ISN
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Essential Question #1:
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Historically, what are the 2 features that have
influenced the size and distribution of settlements?
Human Features
 Physical Features
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Give Examples of Each:
Human- Infrastructure, economic & political systems
and services
 Physical-agriculture/food, favorable climate, access to
water
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION #2: WHAT ARE THE
PROCESSES THAT HAVE CAUSED CHANGES TO
SETTLEMENT PATTERNS?
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Availability of resources
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Transportation
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Water and natural resources
Growth of suburbia
Railroads (Trans-Continental, Trans-Siberian, Amtrak)- movement of
resources
Urbanization
Movement of people from rural to urban areas
People move from primary economic activity to secondary, tertiary
and quaternary
 Motivated by pull factors: jobs, education, infrastructure, etc.
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Economic Activities
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People move to areas with economic opportunities
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49 Gold Rush, Midland-Odessa, Central Texas (Austin), outsourcing to India,
Amazonian Rainforest, Eastern Europe to Western Europe
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
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Primary
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Reliance of raw materials/natural resources
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Secondary
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Movement to Industry
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Raw Materials to Manufactured Goods
Tertiary
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Service Industry
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Such as: Agriculture, Forestry, Mining, Fishing
Law, Retail, Restaurant, Police, Medical, Finance
Quaternary
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Information Processing
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Education, Research, Government, Libraries, IT
Essential Question #3: How do push-pull factors &
Geography affect migration?
Human Geographic Factors: Why do People Migrate?
Generally categorized as “push-pull” factors
•Push factors influence people to migrate from a location
•Pull factors influence people to migrate to a location
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Social Factors
Political Factors
Economic Factors
Environmental Factors
Social Factors
•Relate to an entire group of people moving
•Historical migration of the Jews including the
formation of Israel
•Early religious migration to North America in the
1600s
Political Factors
•Migration motivated by wars, government
policies and/or political persecution
•Refugees from wars or defections from
totalitarian governments
Economic Factors
•Lack of economic opportunities and the lure
of economic activities
•Immigration to the United States and Canada
Environmental Factors
•Migrations which result in response to adverse or
changing environmental conditions
•Nomadic herders, migration after droughts,
hurricanes, famine, floods, earthquakes and
temperature changes
Essential Question #3: How do push-pull factors &
Geography affect migration?
Physical Geographic Factors
1. Physical barriers affect the flow of migration and migration
routes such as mountains, deserts and dense forest serve as
natural barriers
Ex:
Himalayas blocking the Indian sub-continent, Amazon
Rainforest in South America and the Sahara Desert
2. Physical features such as water routes and valleys have served
to facilitate the flow of migration
Ex:
The Fertile Crescent as a crossroads of trade, the Great
Plains and the Northern European Plain