AP Human Geography / Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
2.10 Causes of Migration
Notes
- Push factors drive people out (war, poverty, disaster). Pull factors draw them in (jobs, safety, family).
- Factors can be economic, social, political, environmental.
- Ravenstein's laws: most migrants move short distances; intervening obstacles and opportunities.
Practice
A civil war is a:
Drives people away.
Job opportunities in a city are a:
Attract migrants.
A migrant planning to go far stops in a city along the way with good jobs. This is an:
Finds a reason to stay.
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