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Chapter 11 Vocabulary

Published on Dec 02, 2015

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MIGRATION

  • Def: seasonal movement of animals from one region to another
  • Sentence: The birds' migration takes place in November.
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PUSH FACTORS

  • Def: factors that push people away from a certain location
  • Sentence: One push factor is religious persecution.
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PULL FACTORS

  • Def: Factors that pull people towards a certain location.
  • Sentence: One example of a pull factor is good education.
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SOCIAL FACTORS

  • Def: facts and experiences that influence or control an
  • individual or group's personality, attitudes and lifestyle.
  • Sentence: Social factors widely vary based on where you are located.
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ETHNIC PERSECUTION

  • Def: Ethnic Persecution is the hostility, unfair treatment, abuse or violence against
  • a group or individual based on their perceived ethnicity
  • Sentence: Ethnic persecution is usually considered a push factor.
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RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

  • Def: systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of
  • Individuals as a response to their religious beliefs (usually violence)
  • Sentence: Religious persecution took place during the Holohcaust.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

  • Def: any factor, abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms
  • Sentence: Well known environmental factors include beaches, amount of
  • trees, and number of animals in a certain location.
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PHYSICAL BARRIERS

  • Def: factor that limits the migration, interbreeding or free movement of individuals or animals
  • Sentence: Physical barriers can be very hard to get past when someone is Immigrating.
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IRISH POTATO FAMINE

  • Def: a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and
  • 1851 that caused much death and many to immigrate to America
  • Sentence: The Irish Potato Famine decreased the Irish population by 20-25
  • percent.
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POVERTY

  • Def: the state of being extremely poor.
  • Sentence: There are very high rates of poverty in many countries.
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ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

  • Def: the enslavement and transportation, primarily of African people, to
  • the colonies of the New World that occurred in or around the Atlantic Ocean
  • Sentence: The Atlantic Slave Trade was considered a push factor because it pushed
  • many Africans out of their homes.

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