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Migration Factors – Push and Pull Forces

Explore push factors such as need for new farmland, environmental changes, overcrowding, and war, as well as pull factors like the discovery of new resources like iron, charcoal, and iron ore. Understand the historical context of migration in Africa.

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Migration Factors – Push and Pull Forces

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  1. Would YOUMigrate? Push Factor: Need new farmland Slash-burn farming exhausted the minerals in the soil making it difficult to farm.

  2. Would YOU Migrate? Push Factor: Environmental Changes Desertification Al Jazeer Clip Sahara Desert advanced into Bantu homelands.

  3. Would YOU Migrate? Push Factor: Overcrowding Population boom created densely populated areas and exhausted natural resources.

  4. Would YOU Migrate? Push Factor: War As the Bantu moved south they encountered new groups and were often in conflict with them over resources and land.

  5. Would YOU Migrate? Pull Factor: New Resources Bantus’ discovery of iron smelting created a need for charcoal and iron ore.

  6. Where did you end your migration?

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