Theme 1 - MovementTheme 1 - Movement
The Mobility ofThe Mobility of• PeoplePeople• GoodsGoods• IdeasIdeas
How Places are How Places are linked to one linked to one another and the another and the worldworld
MovementMovement
• Places do not exist in isolation.– Interconnectedness of the world changes
the way places “look”.• Today: “globalization”
– People, goods & ideas move from place to place.
• Examples– Immigration from Latin America to US.– War in Iraq (troops, supplies, ideas,
people)– Twitter, Facebook (ideas)
MOVEMENTMOVEMENT
• The movement of people goods and The movement of people goods and ideasideas– Human MovementHuman Movement
• Trucks, Trains, PlanesTrucks, Trains, Planes
– Information MovementInformation Movement• Phones, computer (email), mailPhones, computer (email), mail
– Idea MovementIdea Movement• How do fads move from place to place? How do fads move from place to place?
TV, Radio, MagazinesTV, Radio, Magazines
Key TermsKey Terms• Push- Factors causing people to leave Push- Factors causing people to leave
a placea place• Pull- Factors attracting people to a Pull- Factors attracting people to a
placeplace• Emigration- to leave a country or Emigration- to leave a country or
region to live elsewhere region to live elsewhere • Immigration-Immigration- : : to come into a foreign to come into a foreign
country to live country to live • Cultural DiffusionCultural Diffusion
Political Political
• Politics-governments, government Politics-governments, government policies, wars, and citizen rightspolicies, wars, and citizen rights
• Push-Armed conflict our of political Push-Armed conflict our of political differencesdifferences
• Reasons-invasion or civil warReasons-invasion or civil war• Push-Escape political persecutionPush-Escape political persecution• Pull-Greater political freedoms and Pull-Greater political freedoms and
rightsrights
AFGHANS FLED AFTER AFGHANS FLED AFTER SOVIET 1979 INVASION & SOVIET 1979 INVASION &
Long civil warLong civil war
EconomicEconomic
• Push-povertyPush-poverty• Pull-Economic opportunities Pull-Economic opportunities
elsewhereelsewhere• Often strengthened by social factorsOften strengthened by social factors• Example: Relatives have already Example: Relatives have already
migrated to that placemigrated to that place
After WWII Turks After WWII Turks emigrated to Germany as emigrated to Germany as
guest workersguest workers
SocialSocial
• How people organize into groups, How people organize into groups, such as religious groups.such as religious groups.
• PushPush– ExampleExample::– Persecution-Religious minorities, Jews Persecution-Religious minorities, Jews – ExampleExample::– Forced Migration-Atlantic Slave TradeForced Migration-Atlantic Slave Trade
Jews expelled from Jews expelled from England, France, & Spain England, France, & Spain
1290-14921290-1492
1994 Tutsi fled Rwanda’s 1994 Tutsi fled Rwanda’s Hutu majority for the Hutu majority for the
neighboring nations of neighboring nations of Tanzania and ZaireTanzania and Zaire
EnvironmentalEnvironmental
• Change of the seasonsChange of the seasons– ExampleExample: Fulani of Africa follow herds : Fulani of Africa follow herds
south in the dry season and north during south in the dry season and north during the wet seasonthe wet season
• Environmental ChangesEnvironmental Changes– Push-Push- Rising temperatures or series of Rising temperatures or series of
droughtsdroughts
• Environmental CatastrophesEnvironmental Catastrophes– Push-Push- Crop failures, floods, fires, Crop failures, floods, fires,
earthquakesearthquakes
Geography AffectsGeography Affects
• Prevention of Movement:Prevention of Movement:– Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Appalachian Mountains, Rocky
Mountains, Southwestern US deserts, Mountains, Southwestern US deserts, Sahara DesertSahara Desert
– China’s Great Wall to prevent China’s Great Wall to prevent movement across the Asian Steppesmovement across the Asian Steppes
• Facilitating MovementFacilitating Movement– Oceans, Rivers, PlainsOceans, Rivers, Plains