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 Cultural 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 FIGURE 3-5

Push vs. Pull Factors Push Factors 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

Forced vs. Voluntary Migration Compelled to move by cultural factors. War Exile Persecution Slavery Choosing to move for economic improvement. Jobs Lifestyle

Forced Migration (refugees)

Types of Migration From one country to another. Inter-national Migration Internal 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

Latin America to the United States

Types of Internal Migration Inter-regional Intra-regional From one region to another in the same country Midwest to the South Within a region. Michigan to Illinois City to suburbs

Inter-regional Migration in the U.S.

Intra-regional Migration

Key Vocab Brain Drain Chain Migration 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.

Net Migration

Immigration Cartogram