ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS Location

LOCATION, MOVEMENT, MIGRATION• Location – a place or position• Movement – the act of changing

place or position• Migration – move from one country

or area to another

Use the map to answer the questions

Questions and Answers1. What region would you live in the U.S. if you

wanted to work in a textile mill? Why?the Northeast because there are more factories

located there2. Would a sugar farmer do well in Ohio? Why or Why Not?

No, because corn and wheat are the main crops3. Where would a person live if they wanted to grow rice?

along the coast of GA, SC, or NC near the Atlantic Ocean

Questions and Answers (cont.)

4. What type of work might a person living in Mississippi find?

cotton farmer5. What might happen if more people moved

from New York to Illinois?more textile mills and manufacturing

plants would be built; there would be less land to plant corn and wheat

Reasons an individual would migrate

Push Factors• Weather

– Drought– Hurricanes– Earthquakes

• Economy– Few jobs– Low wages– No ownership of a business

• Government– No personal freedoms– Cannot vote

Push Factors• Religion

– No religious freedom

• Medical Care– Few doctors– Few hospitals– Lack of insurance

• Opportunities– Entertainment limited– Shopping limited– Travel not allowed

Reasons an individual would migrate

Pull Factors• Weather

– Long Summer– Short Winter– temperate

• Economy– More jobs– High wages– Ownership of a business

• Government– Many personal freedoms– Right to vote

Pull Factors• Religion

– Religious freedom

• Medical Care– Good doctors– Good hospitals– Insurance

• Opportunities– Entertainment is good and

varied– Shopping is good and varied– Travel allowed

1. As water became locked up in the polar ice caps, sea levels dropped as much as 300 feet. The Bering Sea between Siberia and Alaska is no more than 180 feet deep and would have been dry land at those times. The land bridge, called Beringia, was open several times in the last sixty thousand years: During each of these periods, central and northwestern Alaska were ice free, and for 80% of the period from 10,000 to 30,000 years ago there was an ice-free corridor between the eastern and western North American ice sheets that linked Alaska to the American Great Plains

It is estimated that sometime around 12,000 BCE, humans crossed the Bering Straits into present day Alaska thereby entering a part of the world humans had never before seen – North America. They came as explorers and settled the area all the way into the South American continent. They moved in!

2. September 1939. Germany and Austria.The Nazi Government sets up the Office of Emigration in Vienna. There were more than 180,000 Jews in Austria in 1938. Jews are told to move out and by September of 1939, there were only about 60,000 remaining in Austria.

3. Every year thousands of retirees aged 55 or older go to Arizona. They do not come to visit but to move in and settle down in this Southwestern state. The primary reason for moving is to take advantage of the milder winters and the active lifestyle offered.

Questions:1. What activity is being introduced via these

statements?Movement or migration

2. How are the activities described different? Do they all represent the same type of activity?

Some are voluntary and some are involuntary (forced)

Pull Factors – Voluntary Migration• Greater job opportunities• Higher wages in urban areas• Natural disasters don’t have as great an effect• Better services like schools and housing• Better medical facilities like hospitals, clinics• Attraction of the “bright lights” – entertainment,

television, computers, and radio are more accessible

• Government democracies• Improved standard of living

Push Factors – Involuntary Migration

• Unemployment• famine• Poverty • low wages• Crop failure• Natural disaster• Poor medical services• Plagues & epidemics• War• Religious persecution

Writing Activity

Paragraph 1Write a paragraph about a location that would pull you to migrate to a new location. Your paragraph should include:

– Introduction sentence– Supporting detail 1– Supporting detail 2– Supporting detail 3– Conclusion sentence

Paragraph 2Write a paragraph about a location that would push you to migrate to a new location. Your paragraph should include:

– Introduction sentence– Supporting detail 1– Supporting detail 2– Supporting detail 3– Conclusion sentence