Which option provides the best assessment of how environmental conditions can influence migration?(1 point)

Question

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Environmental conditions mainly inhibit migration because of natural barriers.
Environmental conditions mainly inhibit migration because of natural barriers.

Environmental factors only involve pull factors that bring people to places with favorable climate and resources.
Environmental factors only involve pull factors that bring people to places with favorable climate and resources.

Environmental influences through slow-onset changes are the only things that lead to migration in the modern world.
Environmental influences through slow-onset changes are the only things that lead to migration in the modern world.

The environment can generate both push and pull factors that lead to increased migration.

Why did the Dust Bowl of the 1930s increase migration in the U.S.?(1 point)
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It was a sudden-onset event that led to forced migration.
It was a sudden-onset event that led to forced migration.

It was a slow-onset change that led to voluntary migration.
It was a slow-onset change that led to voluntary migration.

It was a slow-onset change that led to forced migration.
It was a slow-onset change that led to forced migration.

It was a sudden-onset event that led to voluntary migration.

Which option best describes the demographic changes that occurred in Kazakhstan under the Soviet Union?(1 point)
Responses

The Kazakh population grew as a proportion of Kazakhstan’s total population.
The Kazakh population grew as a proportion of Kazakhstan’s total population.

The Kazakh population declined during this period, but remained a majority.
The Kazakh population declined during this period, but remained a majority.

Kazakhs became a minority group in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhs became a minority group in Kazakhstan.

The Kazakh population in Kazakhstan remained largely unchanged.

Which of the following terms describes the policy put in place by the Soviet Union to increase the output of cotton in Kazakhstan by focusing on one crop?(1 point)
Responses

monoculture
monoculture

nomadic pastoralism
nomadic pastoralism

diaspora
diaspora

famine

Answer 1

Here are the best responses to each of the questions:

1. Which option provides the best assessment of how environmental conditions can influence migration?

   • The environment can generate both push and pull factors that lead to increased migration.
     (This response acknowledges that environmental conditions can drive people away from certain areas as well as attract them to others.)

2. Why did the Dust Bowl of the 1930s increase migration in the U.S.?

   • It was a sudden-onset event that led to forced migration.
     (The Dust Bowl caused severe environmental degradation that forced many people to migrate away from affected areas.)

3. Which option best describes the demographic changes that occurred in Kazakhstan under the Soviet Union?

   • Kazakhs became a minority group in Kazakhstan.
     (During the Soviet era, significant migration of Russians and other ethnic groups into Kazakhstan caused Kazakhs to become a minority.)

4. Which of the following terms describes the policy put in place by the Soviet Union to increase the output of cotton in Kazakhstan by focusing on one crop?

   • monoculture
     (Monoculture refers to the agricultural practice of growing a single crop over a wide area, which was employed in Soviet policies to boost cotton production.)