CHAPTER 11

MIGRATION

• movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
• US is the place where most of the migration happens to be

PSUH AND PULL FACTORS

• Push factors are factors or causes with which people tend to be pushed away or repelled from certain locations; while pull factors are those conditions that attract people to a particular location.
• Push and pull factors are sometimes used to migration

SOCIAL FACTOR

• the facts and experiences that influence or control an individuals' personality, attitudes and lifestyle
• There are variety of social factor

ETHNIC PERSECUTION

• belief that the genetic factors which constitute race are a primary determinant of human traits
• Ethnic persecution depends on race

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

• Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or lack thereof.
• Religious persecution occurs the most in Middle East

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR

• Environmental factor or ecological factor or ecofactor is any factor, abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms.
• Environmental affects most of the culture

PHYSICAL BARRIER

• Physical obstacles that hinder people with physical disabilities from gaining access
• Steep Mountain is a big physical barrier

IRISH POTATO FAMINE

• The Legacy of the Great Famine follows a period of Irish history between 1845 and 1852 during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent
• Because of Irish potato famine, many people died

POVERTY

• the state of being extremely poor.
• It is hard to get out of poverty

ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

• The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries
• During Atlantic slave trade the Atlantic made most money out of slavery in history