CBSE Class 8 Social Science Geography Migration Worksheet Set 02

Answer: Asylum: protection given by a country to a person who has fled danger. Demographers: experts who study population. Drought: a long period without enough rain. GDP: the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year. Humanitarian: concerned with helping people in need. Municipalities: local town governments. Oppressive: harsh and unfair. Potential: a possible ability to do something. Remittances: money sent home by migrants. Vivid: clear and strong.

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Answer: 1. (b) voluntary; 2. (a) national; 3. (a) legal; 4. (c) pull; 5. (b) urban (it is usually from town to town or abroad; follow the textbook).

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Answer: 1. True. 2. True. 3. True. 4. True. 5. False: migration can bring new ideas, skills and innovation.

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Answer: 1. refugee; 2. German, Jewish and Russian (Slavic) cultures; 3. human capital flight; 4. United States (in numbers); 5. Turkey.

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Answer: 1. The movement of people from one place to another to live. 2. Immigration affects the country people move to: it adds workers and diversity, and it can add pressure on housing and jobs. For the home country, emigration reduces the workforce. 3. Remittances (money sent home), reduced unemployment, and new skills when migrants return. 4. Moving from one country to another. 5. The movement of skilled and educated people from a poorer country to a richer one.

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Answer: Brain drain gives skilled people better jobs and pay, they send money home, and they carry knowledge and contacts that can help the home country later. People move from villages to cities for jobs, schools, health care, better income and facilities, and to escape poverty, drought and poor farm income.

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Answer: Return migration is when migrants go back to their home country, often after earning money or gaining skills. Push factors are reasons to leave: unemployment, poverty, war, disasters. Pull factors attract people: jobs, better pay, safety and good services. Other factors are marriage, education and family.

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Answer: Birth rate, death rate and migration are the main factors. Health care, education, food supply, income, culture, government policies on family planning, wars and diseases also play a part.

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Answer: Positive: migrants may get better medical care and income and eat better. Negative: they may live in crowded, unclean places, face stress, strange diseases and long working hours, and may be out of reach of health services.

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Answer: The country spends money on educating people who then work abroad, so it loses doctors, engineers and scientists, slowing development. Politically, the home country may lose its skilled leaders, but the migrants can also influence politics at home by sending money, and migration can create tension between countries and affect voting and policies.

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Answer: Migrants bring their food, languages, festivals, clothes and music, which mix with local culture, creating a diverse and richer society. It can also lead to conflicts if people do not accept others, but understanding reduces racism.

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Answer: The picture is not in the text. If it shows a famous tower in Dubai (the Burj Khalifa), the country is the United Arab Emirates, which has a very large foreign-born share because of its many jobs in oil, construction and services.

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