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Geography · People & Environments · ages 14-16

Name ______________________ Date ____________

In the Great Migration, what pulled people north?
- Factory wages
- Colder weather up north
- Longer train rides
What is a push factor?
- A promise abroad drawing people in
- A festival held abroad
- Trouble at home driving people out
A refugee and a worker moving for pay answer to the same laws.
Circle one: True False
What changed at the place people left?
- Only the weather
- Money home, workers gone
- Nothing ever changes there
Drought ruins crops at home while schools and wages wait abroad. How do you sort this?
- Drought pushes, schools and wages pull
- Everything counts as pull
- Nothing counts as either
What changed where people arrived?
- Empty streets forever
- Only new food
- Jobs up, homes tight
A student calls everyone fleeing war a work migrant. What is the flaw?
- War never pushes anyone
- Labels never matter
- It erases the persecution line that refugee law needs
Two claims about 2015: Europe hosted nearly all refugees, or Turkey hosted the most while Europe took a small share. Which fits the record?
- Turkey hosted most; Europe took a small share
- Europe hosted nearly all
- Both hosted none

Answer key

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Factory wages · Northern factory pay was the great pull.
Trouble at home driving people out · Push lives at home. Pull waits abroad.
False · Persecution flight and work moves follow different rules.
Money home, workers gone · Home places gain sent money and lose workers.
Drought pushes, schools and wages pull · Home drought pushes. Abroad promise pulls.
Jobs up, homes tight · Arrivals fill jobs and strain roofs at once.
It erases the persecution line that refugee law needs · Flight from persecution is exactly what refugee means.
Turkey hosted most; Europe took a small share · Most refugees stay near home. Europe took a small share.