Unit 2: 5.1

Question 1

Mobility

Answer 1

All types of movement from one place to another
Examples: I show off my mobility as a walk to my desk

Question 2

Circulation

Answer 2

Temporary and repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis

Question 3

Human Migration

Answer 3

The percentage of people moving from one place to another

Question 4

Emigration

Answer 4

People who left an area in order to go to another
Examples: My dad Emigrated from Ghana to the United States (EMigartion = out)

Question 5

Immigration

Answer 5

Moving into a new location from another
Examples: I immigrated in Plainfield from Joliet (Immigration)

Question 6

Net Migration

Answer 6

The difference between the # of emigrants & Immigrants in a specific location
Examples: 30 people left Chicago but 25 came. The net migration is 5

Question 7

Gravity Model

Answer 7

A model that predicts interaction between two or more things. Derived from Newtons law of universal gravitation

Question 8

Push Factors

Answer 8

Negative things that push population away from an area
Examples: Many people realizing how low the chances of them getting gold was California’s push factor. ( Causing ghost towns)

Question 9

Pull Factor

Answer 9

A positive factor that pulls population towards a certain area
Examples: The California gold rush was the pull factor to California