Chapter 3 –
Movement
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Key Terms:
Migration – the movement of people, animals
and/or birds from one location to another.
Push factors – factors that make
people want to leave an area
Pull factors –factors that make people
want to stay or attract people to an area.
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Push
Factors
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Pull
Factors
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1) Limited space
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1)
Good shopping
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2) Dictatorship
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2) Better living conditions
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3) Weather problems
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3) Better economy
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4) War
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4) New jobs
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5) High taxes/ cost of
living
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5) Family Relationships
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6) Natural Disaster
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6) Better weather
conditions
7) Vacations
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7) Major job loss / economy
8) Problem neighbours
9) High crime rate
10) Poisonous animals
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8) Education
9) Lots of space
10) Calm and quiet
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Modes of
Transportation
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Transportation Movements
There
are many different ways that people and things can be transported around our
globe. The following are the modes of transportation and examples of items that
can be transported / moved from one place to another.
1) 2 Wheelers (Bikes, E - Bikes (Scooter) Segway, Motorcycles etc.)
– people, packages (mail, parcels, info.), groceries, etc.
2) 4 Wheelers (Cars, ATV, Wheelchairs, etc.) – mail, groceries,
animals, luggage, equipment, furniture, supplies, etc.
3) 6 Wheelers – Dually (pick
up truck with double tires @ back), bus - people
4) 10 Wheeler (Mack Truck –
no trailer) – goods,
5) 18 Wheelers ( Transport Truck) – livestock, cars, gas, milk,
fruits & Veg, groceries, mail, raw materials (steel, wood etc), pipes, car
parts, etc.
6) Iron Wheelers (Trains) – people, raw materials (coal , rocks,
minerals, wood, etc.), gas, mail, livestock, cars.
7) Ships – cargo, cars, heavy loads – wheat,
iron, garbage, fish, boats,
8) Planes – raw materials,
people, car parts, military vehicles, etc.
9) Pipelines – grain mixed
with liquid, sewage, water, oil, natural gas, etc.
Patterns of Movement
There are 4 components of
any pattern of movement:
1) Points
2) Lines
3) Areas
4) Volume
For example, your school
and where you live are 2 points. The points are connected by a road or a line.
Your place is in a neighbourhood or area and the number of students moving
along these lines is the volume.
Pattern Descriptions – Sparse or Dense
Types of Patterns – linear (Lines),
scattered (everywhere), grid (battleship board), radial (spokes on a wheel)
