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

2. 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)

3. 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

4. Top Countries of Origin of the U.S. Immigration
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

5. (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)

6. 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

7. 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.

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

9. 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

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

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

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. 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.

16. 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.

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

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

21. 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

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

23. 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

24. 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.

25. 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)

26. 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

27. 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.

28. 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

29. 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)