Chapter 8: Migration to the United States: The Impact on People & Places

To move from a country means to what? EMIGRATE (PEOPLE WHO LEAVE A COUNTRY ARE CALLED EMIGRANTS) To move to a country means what? IMMIGRATE (PEOPLE WHO MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY ARE CALLED IMMIGRANTS)

Top 10 Countries of Origin of the U.S. Immigrants, 2007 Country Number of Immigrants Percentage of All U.S. Immigrants 148,640 14.1% 76,655 7.3% Philippines 72,596 6.9% India 65,353 6.2% Columbia 33,187 3.2% Haiti 30,405 2.9% Cuba 29,104 2.8% Vietnam 28,691 2.7% Dominican Republic 28,024 Korea 22,405 2.1% Mexico China

Top Countries of Origin of the U.S. Immigration 1820-2004 Country Number of Immigrants 7,238,000 6,849,000 Italy 5,446,000 United Kingdom 5,337,000 Ireland 4,788,000 Other 40,211,000 Total 69,869,000 Germany Mexico

(THE LARGEST MIGRATION STREAM The constant flow of migrants from one country into another country is known as what? MIGRATION STREAM (THE LARGEST MIGRATION STREAM INTO THE U.S. TODAY SINCE 2007 IS MEXICO)

PUSH-FACTORS PULL-FACTORS The _______________ are the reasons that cause people to leave an area; whereas the _______________ are the reasons that attract people to another. PUSH-FACTORS PULL-FACTORS Push-Factors Pull-Factors Environmental *Lack of Resources to support an entire group *Change in Climate or Vegetation *High Crime Rate *Poor Housing *Poverty Economic *Availability of Land *Job Opportunities *Bigger Home, Land or Space *Better Education Opportunities Political *Escape from War or Persecution *Forced Removal Cultural *Return to Homeland *Desire to live near a Holy Site

Internal vs. External Migration *Internal migration happens when people move from one place to another but stay within the same country. *External migration occurs when people move from one to another but leave the country and/or continent.

Urban vs. Rural Relating to, or located in a city is called what? Relating to the country or farming is called what? URBAN RURAL

A person who flees a place to find safety is called what A person who flees a place to find safety is called what? Cruel treatment on the basis of religion, race, ethnic group, nationality, political views, gender or class is called what? REFUGEE PERSECUTION

Another term that means to move from one country, place or location is called what? MIGRATE

What is the organized elimination of national, political, racial, religious or ethnic group? GENOCIDE

The spreading and mixing of cultures is know as what? An unusually long period in which little or no rain falls is called a what? DROUGHT The spreading and mixing of cultures is know as what? DIFFUSION

The shared attitudes, knowledge & behaviors of a group is called what The shared attitudes, knowledge & behaviors of a group is called what? Having many different ways to think or to do something, or a variety of people is called what? CULTURE DIVERSITY

What are some general examples of cultural impacts that have been introduced to the U.S.? HOLIDAYS, RELIGION, FOODS, LANGUAGE, MUSIC, ART & LITERATURE

Today, about 16% of all U. S. workers are immigrants. The U. S Today, about 16% of all U.S. workers are immigrants. The U.S. has long depended on immigrants for labor.

Top Countries with Brain Drain to the U.S., 2007 The loss of well-educated people such as doctors or engineers to another country is known as what? Top Countries with Brain Drain to the U.S., 2007 Country Number of Immigrants 157,613 Canada 26,209 United Kingdom 25,507 Mexico 18,165 China 16,628 BRAIN DRAIN India A brain drain occurs when a country loses its most talented people to emigration.

A payment of money sent by an immigrant to a relative in his or her home country is called what? REMITTANCE

An area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas is known as what? REGION

THE THREE MOST POPULATED CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE… The number of people who live in a specified area is called what? POPULATION THE THREE MOST POPULATED CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE… 1. NEW YORK, NY, 2. LOS ANGELES, CA, & 3. CHICAGO, IL

Three Major Factors Effecting Population are What? 1. BIRTH RATE 2. DEATH RATE 3. MIGRATION

The number of births per 1,000 people per year is called what The number of births per 1,000 people per year is called what? The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year is called what? BIRTH RATE DEATH RATE

Countries with the Highest Birth Countries with the Highest Death Rate 2. Mali 2. Angola 3. Uganda 3. Sierra Leone 4. Afghanistan 4. Lesotho 5. Sierra Leone 5. South Africa 1. Niger Swaziland Note: that most of these countries are in Africa & are third world countries.

What are the Requirements for a Third World Country? *Both birth rates & death rates are high *Poor medical care *high infant mortality *Since both the birth rates & death rates are high, the population neither grows nor decreases much *Typical of most agricultural countries (droughts are common) & food is scarce *Often do not have a clean water source *Low education (if any)

What are the Requirements for a Developing Country? *Improvements in medicine & health care *Better food productions & distribution *Better water source *Better education *Economic improvements & the switch to more advanced farming technologies *More people are employed

Examples of Third World Countries are... Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Niger, Yemen, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Haiti & Somalia. Examples of Developing Countries are… China, Columbia, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt & Peru.

What are the Requirements of a Developed Country? *Both birth rates & death rates are low *Countries that are developed have all completed the transition from an agricultural society to an urban & industrial society *Have more money, jobs & more education *Have more access to food & clean water *Have higher life expectancy *The United States, Japan, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom & Italy are examples

What FIVE Things Make a Civilization? 1. ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT & LAWS 2. SURPLUS OF FOOD & WATER 3. OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT 4. EDUCATION 5. TRADE (EXPORT/IMPORT)