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

Cubans flee communist Cubans flee communist governmentgovernment

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

Diaspora through Atlantic Diaspora through Atlantic slave tradeslave trade

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