Chapter 3 Review

Swedes migrated to Upper Michigan and Northern Minnesota to work in the iron & copper mines. Many came because others that came before

them sent letters back home. What is this type of migration called?

The Quincy copper mine in Hancock, Michigan

The Soudan iron mine in northern Minnesota

This picture represents another ethnic group that also came to the United States because of chain

migration. Who is the group and where is this picture taken?

What geographic concept do these pictures represent?

What similar geographic concept do these ads represent?

From what 2 source regions do most guest workers migrate from?

Into which 2 countries are most guest workers headed?

Since 1945, interregional net migration was greatest in what area of the United States?

What were the pull factors to this region?

People that are forced to migrate due to political persecution are called ______________.

The source regions for the largest number of forced migrants are found primarily on which

continent?

Name the 20th century conflicts that resulted in large refugee streams away from their homeland.

Asia - 1975 Latin America - 1959

Asia - 1947 Africa - 1994

In addition to political unrest, what other circumstances force people to migrate?

When did US immigration peak in the early 20th century?

From what source regions did they come?Why did immigration decline so fast in the

1930’s?

According to this chart on internal migration from New Zealand and Australia, what age groups

migrate most? Why?

From what four Asian countries do the largest number of international migrants to the United

States come from?

During the 19th and 20th centuries, the most popular form of intraregional migration was rural

to urban. Explain why.

Use the map to explain African-American migration patterns in the early 20th century. What were the push/pull factors involved?

In which direction has the center of US population steadily moved since 1790?

The Berlin Wall was a great example of an intervening obstacle. Why do you think the East

German government built the wall?

These cities are examples of “forward capitals”. What is meant by this term and why would these

government locate the cities where they did?

What intraregional migration pattern in the United States does this diagram illustrate?

If US birth rates have steadily declined since the 1960’s, why is population in the US still rising?

US Birth RatesUS Population

What is “brain drain” and which type of countries are

affected most of all?

Why did the US pass laws restricting immigration in the 1920s?

Explain why the US and Canada have become prominent destinations for international migrants.

Geographer Wilber Zelinsky says that a ________ transition occurs in countries that are in stage ___ of the demographic transition. This means that

people from these countries are migrating to ____________________.

Most illegal immigrants entering the United States come from what source country?

How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 encourage migration westward across the United States?

This famous picture represents the largest scale US internal migration in our history. Where we

these people going?

Settlement of the Great Plains

Agricultural technology in the late 19th century enabled people to migrate into the Great Plains and cultivate the land.

Steel Plow

Wind Mill

&

Barbed Wire

The Transcontinental Railroad

The California and Alaska Gold Rush

All of the following illustrate reasons why people migrated in large number during the 19th and

early 20th centuries. What region of the US was being “settled” at this

time?

What similar geographic concept does this picture represent?

What similar geographic concept does this picture represent?

What similar geographic concept does this picture represent?

What similar geographic concept does this picture represent?

What similar geographic concept does this picture represent?