1. Theme 1 - Movement The Mobility of People Goods Ideas How Places are linked to one another and the world

2. Movement Places do not exist in isolation. – –Interconnectedness of the world changes the way places “look”. Today: “globalization” – –People, goods & ideas move from place to place. Examples – –Immigration from Latin America to US. – –War in Iraq (troops, supplies, ideas, people) – –Twitter, Facebook (ideas)

3. MOVEMENT The movement of people goods and ideasThe movement of people goods and ideas –Human Movement Trucks, Trains, PlanesTrucks, Trains, Planes –Information Movement Phones, computer (email), mailPhones, computer (email), mail –Idea Movement How do fads move from place to place?How do fads move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines

4. Key Terms Push- Factors causing people to leave a placePush- Factors causing people to leave a place Pull- Factors attracting people to a placePull- Factors attracting people to a place Emigration- to leave a country or region to live elsewhereEmigration- to leave a country or region to live elsewhere Immigration- : to come into a foreign country to liveImmigration- : to come into a foreign country to live Cultural DiffusionCultural Diffusion

5. Political Politics-governments, government policies, wars, and citizen rightsPolitics-governments, government policies, wars, and citizen rights Push-Armed conflict our of political differencesPush-Armed conflict our of political differences Reasons-invasion or civil warReasons-invasion or civil war Push-Escape political persecutionPush-Escape political persecution Pull-Greater political freedoms and rightsPull-Greater political freedoms and rights

6. Cubans flee communist government

7. AFGHANS FLED AFTER SOVIET 1979 INVASION & Long civil war

8. Economic Push-povertyPush-poverty Pull-Economic opportunities elsewherePull-Economic opportunities elsewhere Often strengthened by social factorsOften strengthened by social factors Example: Relatives have already migrated to that placeExample: Relatives have already migrated to that place

9. After WWII Turks emigrated to Germany as guest workers

10. Social How people organize into groups, such as religious groups.How people organize into groups, such as religious groups. PushPush –Example: – Persecution-Religious minorities, Jews –Example: –Forced Migration-Atlantic Slave Trade

11. Jews expelled from England, France, & Spain 1290-1492

12. 1994 Tutsi fled Rwanda’s Hutu majority for the neighboring nations of Tanzania and Zaire

13. Diaspora through Atlantic slave trade

14. Environmental Change of the seasonsChange of the seasons –Example: Fulani of Africa follow herds south in the dry season and north during the wet season Environmental ChangesEnvironmental Changes –Push- Rising temperatures or series of droughts Environmental CatastrophesEnvironmental Catastrophes –Push- Crop failures, floods, fires, earthquakes

15. Geography Affects Prevention of Movement:Prevention of Movement: –Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Southwestern US deserts, Sahara Desert –China’s Great Wall to prevent movement across the Asian Steppes Facilitating MovementFacilitating Movement –Oceans, Rivers, Plains