MIGRATION: KEY ISSUE 2



Migration: Key Issue 2 1

Where Are Migrants Distributed?

Rubenstein, pp. 85-92

● GLOBAL MIGRATION PATTERNS

1. Read the section and then make 5 summary statements regarding global migration patterns.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

● U.S. IMMIGRATION PATTERNS p. 86

2. Finish this statement: The world’s third most populous country (the US) is inhabited overwhelmingly by…

3. Annotate the graph below from your reading of pages 86 to 92. Be sure to label all “peaks” and “valleys” (as indicated by arrows) as well as the national origins of immigrants during different periods.

4. The USA has had 3 main eras of immigration p. 86 2

a. Colonial Immigration from England and Africa – Main points

1.

2.

3.

4.

b. 19th Century Immigration from Europe p. 87 – Main points

1.

2.

3.

1840s and 1850s

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1870s

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1880s

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1900-1914

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5. Immigration to the US dropped sharply in the 1930s and 1940s due to :

a.

b.

6. 1950s to the first decade of the 21st century (200-2010) ¾ of the recent U.S. immigrants have come

from: a. b.

7. What were the FOUR countries which sent the most immigrants from Asia in recent years?

8. Latin America. Nearly ½ million emigrate to the USA from ______________________ more than 3

______________ as many as during the entire ______________.

9. Mexicans officially passed Germany in 2006 as the country that has sent the most immigrants to the

USA. USA has changed predominantly to Asian and Latin American immigration for these reasons:

a.

b.

c.

10. 6. How did the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act attempt to change the status of some illegal immigrants, that is, which did it try to help (and how)?

(a)

(b)

11. Although the reasons for people leave their countries to immigrate to the US have not changed over

time, what has changed here in the USA? p. 88

12. What does it mean by the USA having a “symbolic closing of the frontier”? p. 88

13. Looking at Figure 3-9 p. 88, what two countries have sent the most immigrants to the USA from

Central America?

14. What 5 countries of Latin America have sent the most immigrants to the USA?

15. What four island countries have sent the most immigrants to the USA from the Caribbean?

● IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE UNITED STATES p. 88

16. In what stage of the Demographic Transition are most countries that send immigrants?

17. Most European countries are in what stage of the Demographic Transition?

18. Diffusion of European Culture p. 88-90 Complete the table regarding below.

|E U R O P E A N I M M I G R A T I O N |

|What were some of the causes of European immigration to the United |What were some of the important effects of European immigration to the|

|States? |US and other world regions? |

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Unauthorized Immigration to the United States p. 90 4

19a. What are undocumented immigrants?

19b. Where do most undocumented immigrants to the US come from?

Destination of Immigrants within the United States p. 90

20. Recent immigrants are not distributed uniformly throughout UDA.

1/5 are in:

1/6 are in:

Unauthorized immigrants are _____ in CA.

21. Define chain migration:

Give two examples of chain migration in the USA:

a. b.

22. Read Destination of Immigrants Within the United States (p. 90) and annotate the map below. Write any important facts/notes around the map. Be sure to indicate; What states are the destination of most immigrants to the US? Where are immigrants coming from? Which states are the destinations of which groups of immigrants? SHADE in the 3 largest states (label) for undocumented immigrants.

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Read Recent Immigration from Less Developed Regions (pp. 88-92) and answer the following questions:

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