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The UK: Moving in, moving out

I can describe what is meant by migration and begin to explain why different people have settled in the UK.

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Key learning points

  1. Migration is when people move from one place to another; the UK has a long history of people arriving and leaving.
  2. There are many reasons why people decide to move to a new country, or away from their country of birth.
  3. Net migration is the difference between immigration and emigration into the UK.
  4. People from different backgrounds bring different cultural ideas and skills to their new home.

Keywords

  • Abroad - Abroad means going to or being in a foreign country.

  • Emigration - Emigration is leaving your country to live in another one.

  • Immigration - Immigration means moving into a new country to live there.

  • Migration - Migration means moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there.

Common misconception

Migration tends to be for negative reasons.

Although the news may focus on migration due to conflict or other negative reasons, people also choose to move for positive reasons.


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A later unit will focus on personal stories of migration. It's important to remind students that any statistic on migration is made up of thousands of individual people deciding that the best option for themselves and their families is to move.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these countries form part of the UK?
Correct answer: England
Correct answer: Scotland
Iceland
Correct answer: Wales
Q2.
Which of these sentences describes a diverse landscape?
Correct answer: There is countryside next to a small village.
The area is very hilly.
There are many houses.
Correct answer: The beach is next to the forest.
Q3.
Which word do geographers use to describe a town or city? Unscramble the letters to find the answer.
1 - U
2 - R
3 - B
4 - A
5 - N
Q4.
Geographers describe the countryside as ...
Correct Answer: rural, Rural
Q5.
What word describes a set idea that people might have about a person, place or thing?
Correct answer: stereotype
difference
diversity
similarity
Q6.
Can you put these cities in order, starting with the one furthest north in the UK?
1 - Edinburgh
2 - Belfast
3 - Cardiff
4 - London

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which country receives the most migrants from the UK?
Austria
Correct answer: Australia
Argentina
Armenia
Q2.
In which decade did the 'Empire Windrush' arrive with Caribbean migrants looking to start a new life in the UK?
An image in a quiz
1920s
1940s
1960s
2020s
Q3.
Which of these is not a pull factor for migration?
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a new job involving relocation and a bigger salary
starting a new university course
Correct answer: being evacuated from your home because of a volcanic eruption
moving into a larger house with a bigger garden for your growing family
Q4.
From which continent did most migrants arrive into the UK in 2021?
Europe
North America
South America
Correct answer: Asia
Q5.
Which of these is not a reason for new arrivals in the UK to stay in the London area?
because there are lots of jobs there, requiring different levels of skill
because other people from the same country are already living there
because there are plenty of places to live
Correct answer: because they support Arsenal football club
Q6.
In which of these areas do we benefit from the work of migrants and their children?
Correct answer: entertainment
Correct answer: medical care
Correct answer: business
none of the above
Q2 "The Empire Windrush, 1948 (b/w photo)", 1948 AD (C20th AD), Prismatic Pictures / Bridgeman Images