Two years of failed harvests left one family with almost no food, so they sold their land and sailed for a new country. The failed harvests are an example of a ___.

A family hears that new factories in a faraway city are hiring workers, so they pack up and move there. The promise of steady work in that city is an example of what?

In the late 1840s, more than a million people left Ireland, and many sailed to the United States. What pushed most of them to leave?

To emigrate means to leave your home country in order to settle in another country.

A woman leaves Norway and settles permanently in the United States. What do people in the United States call someone who arrives this way?

From 1892 to 1954, ships carrying newcomers to the United States stopped at Ellis Island in New York Harbor, where officials checked each traveler before letting them in. Ellis Island was what?

During the 1930s, dry winds blew the topsoil off many Great Plains farms and crops failed. Some families then moved to California after hearing that farms there needed pickers. Which part is the pull factor?

In the 1600s, some English families sailed to North America because they were fined and jailed at home for worshipping in their own way. What pushed them to leave England?

Starting in the 1880s, violent mob attacks called pogroms burned Jewish villages in Russia, so more than a million Jewish people fled to the United States. The danger from the pogroms is an example of a ___.

Gold was found in California in 1848, and in 1849 tens of thousands of people traveled there hoping to find some. For those travelers, the chance to find gold was a pull factor.

What is a push factor?

What is a pull factor?

A long drought makes it hard for farmers to grow food, so they move away. What kind of factor is the drought?

When people move from one place to another to live, it is called ___.

War can be a push factor because it can make a place unsafe.

A family moves across the country because the new town has excellent public schools for their children. The good schools are an example of a ___.

A young man can't find any work because the last factory in his hometown closed years ago, so he moves to a city that is hiring. The lack of jobs in his hometown is an example of a ___.

Which choice is the best example of a pull factor?

A flood destroys many families' houses along a river, so they move to higher ground in another town. The flood destroying their houses is an example of a ___.

A family hears that a nearby valley has rich, fertile soil that is perfect for growing crops, so they move there to start a farm. The fertile soil is an example of a ___.

Which pair shows one push factor and one pull factor?

A man moves to another state because his aunt and uncle already live there and offer to help him find a job and a place to stay. His relatives living there is an example of a ___.

Repeated wildfires burn through a family's farmland and ruin their crops year after year, so they decide to move to a safer region. The wildfires ruining the crops are an example of a ___.

Which situation is most likely an economic pull factor?

A family leaves their country because a long war has made it too dangerous to stay, and they move to a country where a relative offers them a safe place to live. The relative's offer of a safe home is an example of a ___.

Which factor would most likely pull people to a frontier settlement in the past?

A group leaves a place because they are treated unfairly for their beliefs. What is this unfair treatment called?

A community of herders can no longer find enough grazing land for their animals because of a multi-year drought, so they move their herds to a wetter region. The lack of grazing land is an example of a ___.

Which choice is NOT a push factor?

Many immigrants came to the United States in search of jobs and freedom. Which statement best explains why?

A family leaves a town with no work and moves to a city with a new factory. Which answer best explains the move?

Poor soil that makes farming difficult can be a pull factor.

News spreads that silver has been discovered in the mountains, and hundreds of workers move to the region hoping to find their fortune. The discovery of silver is an example of a ___.

An earthquake destroys many homes and roads in a coastal town, so families move inland to stay with relatives until they can rebuild. The earthquake destroying homes and roads is an example of a ___.

Which reason is most likely an environmental pull factor that might encourage a family to move to a community?

Ongoing fighting in a family's home region makes it too dangerous to stay, so they flee to a peaceful neighboring country for safety. People who flee to another country to escape danger like this are called ___.

In a country where citizens are not allowed to vote or speak freely against their leaders, a family decides to leave and start a new life elsewhere. Losing the right to vote and speak freely is an example of a ___.

Which reason is most likely a social pull factor?

Many immigrants from Asia who arrived on the West Coast were checked at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay before entering the United States.

Which sentence best summarizes push and pull factors?