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There are two different factors that influence the migration of people to and from different areas. What are they called?
Push and Pull Factors
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What is the definition of the word culture?
The way of life of a group of people.
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Would you say the US has many natural resources or a small amount?
Many
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What is the name of land people traveled to when they traveled west on horses?
The Great Plains
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Name one pull factor.
Cheap land
Food Jobs |
What does human/environment interaction mean?
How humans affect the environment and how the environment can affect humans.
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What do people use trees for?
To make many different products.
Houses, paper, etc |
What is a primary source?
Immediate, first-hand accounts on a topic.
Diary, pictures, recordings, newspapers, etc. |
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Name one push factor
War
No jobs Lack of freedom |
Why are people in different regions of the US often different?
Regions are often different because different cultural groups moved there.
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Give an example of a natural resource?
Water, Trees, minerals, etc.
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What was the secret route full of safe places and people that helped enslaved people escape to freedom called?
The Underground Railroad
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Understanding how and why people move is important to who? (2)
Geographers and Historians
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What is an example of adapting to the environment?
Wearing warmer clothes in the snow.
Building houses out of wood rather than brick when you live near a forest. |
How does your environment affect your accessibility to natural resources?
Where you live.
Less access to water in dry areas. Less access to trees in flat lands. |
What were challenges of living on the Great Plains?
Access to food, water, restarting life, communication, etc.
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What is the different between immigration and migration?
Immigration is from one country to another.
Migration is movement from one region to another. |
What is an example of modifying the environment?
Cutting down trees to clear land.
Building a dam to hold water. |
What natural resource is found in the ground?
Minerals.
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What natural resources did settlers in The Great Plains have to use? How did they use them?
Trees, water, soil.
Trees/plants - build houses Water - water crops Soil - build houses (sod) |
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