Modern migration is largely attributed to war and/or political factors. Choose two migrations discussed in the lecture and explain the historic causes behind the groups’ migrations.

Answer:

One example is European migration to the Americas. Colonial expansion, the search for land and economic opportunities, and in some cases religious persecution led many Europeans to leave their homelands. Another is the forced migration of Africans to the Americas through the transatlantic slave trade. European colonial powers captured and enslaved Africans and transported them against their will to work in the Americas.