ap human geography thursday, 11-06-08 hand your video parent permission slip to mrs. chenoweth (and...

AP Human GeographyThursday, 11-06-08

• Hand your video parent permission slip to Mrs. Chenoweth (and any other late work).

• First 5 minutes: Make your grade print-out page74. Put the other papers in your notebook. Look at your table of contents for the page #.

• Alternate Assignment for Election Map if you did not do it:• Read 2 newspaper articles on the Election. • Write a one page summary and one page reaction.• Attach the articles. • Due Friday – worth a “C”.

Due dates

Fri: Quiz on Ch 3, Key Issue #1 & #2.

Ch 2 retake/makeup tests during 2nd lunch or after

school.Alternate Election

assignment.

Quiz tomorrow

• 20 multiple choice questions• Review the vocab that pertains to

Key Issue 1 and 2 and all the notes on the page 73 in your notebook.

• Make sure you have read Key Issues 1 and 2, as there will be questions that we may not have covered yet, but which you should have read.

Key Issue 2 Reading Review ~1. The most popular destination for

voluntary migrants from Great Britain is:

2. Most migrants to the U.S. from Europe during the late 1800s came from this part of Europe:

3. Most migrants to the U.S. from Europe during the early 1900s came from this part of Europe:

4. Most migrants to the U.S. from the late 1970s and 1980s came from:

Characteristics of Migrants

• Gender of Migrants• Prior to the 1990s,

more males – they searched for work

• Today, 55% of migrants are women

• Mexicans (largest group to U.S.) reflect similar traits

Female immigrants participating in a job training program in Beijing, China.

Characteristics of Migrants

• Family status of migrants• Most long-distance

migrants were young adults w/out families

• 40% of U.S. immigrants are between 25 and 39, compared to 23% for whole population in same age bracket.

Characteristics of Migrants

• Family status of migrants• Increasing % of

children because more women are immigrating

• Less likely to have H.S. diplomas

Characteristics of Migrants

• Family status of migrants• Mexican immigrants

to U.S. match the migration transition (Mexico is in stage 2 so the migrants are from rural areas) and distance-decay theories (Mexicans migrate into southwest U.S.)

Characteristics of Migrants

• Family status of migrants• Mexican immigrants

come from central part of Mexico, not the northern section because Northern Mexico has economic development.

Characteristics of Migrants

• Family status of migrants• Most illegal Mexican

immigrants have jobs in their village, but come to the U.S. to make more money.

• Many Mexican residents in U.S. have difficulty finding jobs because they do not have proper documentation.

Pg 75 Key Issue 2 Where are Migrants Distributed?

• Global Migration Patterns• Net Out-Migration

• Asia, Latin America, and Africa

• Net In-Migration• North America, Europe, Oceania

• People move from LDCs to MDCs. • Pull factor ?

• Jobs

Pg 75 Key Issue 2 Where are Migrants Distributed?

• Global Migration Patterns• 1/10th of U.S. is immigrants (from Europe)• 1/4th of Australia is immigrants (from Asia)• 1/6th of Canada is immigrants (from Europe)• ½ of Middle East is immigrants

• U.A.E. – 90% immigrant• Kuwait – 70% immigrant

• Make sure you look over the U.S. Migration patterns in the rest of Key Issue 2.

Jobs in oil industry

More review questions

1. Which country is the second leading source of immigrants to the U.S. from Latin America?

2. The Irish migrated in the 1840s because …