Geography

6.3(B)

How Migration Shapes Places

Explain ways in which human migration influences the character of places and regions.

Part of The student understands the factors that influence the locations and characteristics of locations of various contemporary societies on maps and/or globes

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Intro

People on the Move

Migration is the movement of people from one place to another to live. Some people migrate across a country, and others migrate across the world. Every time a group moves, they carry their language, food, religion, music, and ways of doing things with them, changing the places they leave and join.