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Chapter 8: Migration to the United States: The Impact on People and Places
Chapter 8: Migration to the United States: The Impact on People and Places
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What is the constant flow of migrants from one country to another called?
Economic Factor
Migration Stream
Push Factor
Pull Factor
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Coming to America expecting to make a good living represents what reason for immigrating?
Economic push factors
Family pull factors
Environmental pull factors
Quality-of-life pull factors
3
People who seek safety by going to another country are called
Visitors
Permanent Residents
Citizens
Refugees
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What is something called that encourages a person to move to a new place?
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Imigrate
Migration Stream
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Brain drain occurs when which people emigrate?
young, unskilled workers
retired senior citizens
school-age children
well-educated professionals
6
The spreading and mixing of culturesis called
Diffusion
Migration
Emigration
Immigration
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According to this map, which nation attracted the largest number of immigrants?
Brazil
Canada
United States
South Africa
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What is one possible environmental push factor for people leaving a country?
Better paying jobs
Genocide
Persecution
Drought
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When immigrants send money back to families in other countries, these payments are called:
Redemptions
Resitutions
Remittences
Reperations
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Why do some native-born Americans resent immigrants?
They think immigrants do not use enough public services
They fear that immigrants take jobs away from Americans
They worry that immigrants pay too many taxes
They are afraid that immigrants will not share their culture
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How might the remittances this woman sends back to Ireland help her family?
They might pay for care for her elderly parents
All of the above
They might help her siblings emigrate to America.
They might help pay for repairs to her brother's home.
12
People gaining skills in the US and going back to their home country to use them is called
Emigration
Brain Drain
Immigration
Brain Gain
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What helps someone make the decision to come to the United States to live with family members?
Education Pull Factor
Political Push Factor
Family Pull Factor
Economic Push Factor
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An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plantthat resulted in poisoned air and soil is an
Environmental Push Factor
Economic Push Factor
Economic Pull Factor
Political Pull Factor
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How do immigrants benefit the United States?
They help Americans learn more about other cultures.
They pay taxes that help pay for public services
All of the above
They work at many kinds of jobs that help the economy
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How do celebrations like the one in this photo change American society?
Ensure that different immigrant groups stay separate
They encourage Americans to fear differences among groups.
They make life in America the same from one place to another
hey teach Americans about the cultures immigrants come from
17
Many US cities celebrate St. Patrick's Day with parades. Which immigrants brought it to the US?
Chinese
Italian
Irish
German
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She enrolled in a program at an American University. Which factor brought her to the US?
Evironmental Push factors
Political Push Factors
Family Pull Factors
Education Pull Factors
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What is something that encourages a person to leave a country called?
Pull Factor
Push Factor
Emigrate
Environmental Factor
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Jewish immigrants finding the freedom to worship without fearis an example of a
Quality of Life Pull Factor
Environmental Push factor
Quality of Life Push Factor
Economic Pull Factor
