MIGRATION EXERCISE



MIGRATION EXERCISE NAME___________________

WORLD MIGRATION

Use your text and atlas and map handouts to answer the following questions.

Handouts: Sources and Destinations of Refugees

Atlas: World Natural Hazards, International Conflicts in the Post-WWII World, and World Refugee Population.

What are some of the causes of migration?

Name a country as an example that “represents” the following causes of migration.

Natural causes

Conflicts

External (influences from outside of the country)

Handouts: Migration to the United States.

What are the top five countries and the number of immigrants from Asia?

What are the top five countries and the number of immigrants from Latin America?

Are the reasons for migration the same for Asia and Latin America?

Will this migration pattern continue, or if not, how might it change in the near future? Explain.

Atlas Map: World External Migations in Modern Times

Name three types of migration.

How has migration “literally reshaped the human face of the Earth”?

What has been the largest migration since the 1500’s?

What is the largest migration from a LDC to a LDC?

Which migration route was greatly influenced by Religion?

Atlas Maps: World External Migration in Modern Times and with World Population Density

There general pattern of a large populations as a source of major migration. Where is the exception?

Atlas Map: World Refugee Population

What six countries have the highest International refugee population?

Do the atlas maps relating to issues of “growth rates”, “fertility rates”, “infant mortality rates”, or ”average life expectancy at birth” seem to have a correlation or relationship with these six countries?

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