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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Migration. Chapter Overview. Important terms Examine why people migrate Examine how migration patterns have changed Immigration policies Debates over immigration. Important Terms. Migration To move from one location to another.

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 Migration

  2. Chapter Overview • Important terms • Examine why people migrate • Examine how migration patterns have changed • Immigration policies • Debates over immigration

  3. Important Terms Migration • To move from one location to another. • This movement can be between countries and within countries.

  4. Reasons for Migration Push Factors • Reasons why someone wants to leave their current location. • Examples: • War, famine, poverty, lack of religious and political freedom, natural disasters.

  5. Pull Factors • Reasons why people are attracted to a new location. Examples: • Family, economic opportunity, availability of land, climate, democratic political system, access to technology, development of a resource, etc.

  6. Multiculturalism • Government policy that recognizes and supports the traditions and identities of different cultures. Ethnocentric • Believing that your way of life is superior to other people’s way of life.

  7. Prejudice • Belief that not all people have equal value. Discrimination • Unfair treatment.

  8. Refugee • Person displaced from their country or from their home within their home country.

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