Migration Terms and Definitions

Question	Answer
Ancestors	Anyone from whom a person is descended.
Bi-Cultural	There are two dominant ethnicity groups in a country.
Class System	People are organised into groups based on their wealth/background.
Consequence	Somethings happens because of a prior event.
Descendent	A person who is related to someone and lives after them.
Destination	The place a person is going to.
Emigrant	A person exiting a place.
Environmental Change	Effects on a natural landscape caused by human or natural activities.
Immigrant	A person coming into a place.
Intervening Obstacles	Things that get in the way of people moving.
Iwi	Tribe
Manuhiri	Visitor, new people to a place.
Origin	The place a person comes from.
Point of View	The way people think and understand the worlds based on their own experiences.
Refugee	A person who has to leave their country because of conflict or famine.
Tangatawhenua	The people of the land.
Treaty	A written or verbal agreement between two groups.
Turangawaewae	The place where a person belongs.

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