Judge which of the following is an historical example of a cultural push factor.
A) Many of the first Europeans to settle in Australia migrated as prisoners after being sentenced to "transportation" in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
B) The British government allowed most of the population of Montserrat to migrate elsewhere in the 1990s after volcanic eruptions devastated large parts of the island.
C) Many European farmers in the late 1800s chose to migrate to North America, as well as to Latin American countries where they felt that political and economic conditions would favor them.
D) Changing climates likely encouraged the early migrations of hunter-gatherers.
E) The United States actively sought Mexican agricultural laborers during and after World War II.

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The transportation of prisoners from the UK and Ireland to Australia is a historical example of a cultural push factor, as it involved the forced migration of individuals due to their status as criminals, which was a result of societal and cultural factors. The other options are either natural push factors (D) or political/economic push factors (B, C, and E).

Judge Which of the Following Is an Historical Example of a Cultural