10 terms for unit 2 vocab

Question 1

Asylum seeker

Answer 1

a person fleeing persecution or conflict, and therefore seeking international protection

Question 2

Counterurbanization

Answer 2

the process by which people migrate from urban to rural communities,

Question 3

emigration

Answer 3

the process of leaving one’s country of origin in order to settle in another country permanently

Question 4

immigration

Answer 4

the movement of people to another country for permanent settlement

Question 5

Transnational Migration

Answer 5

moving from one country to another

Voluntary: Economics or quality
Involuntary: Politics or environmental factors

Question 6

interregional region

Answer 6

movement from another region, or existing between two or more regions

Ex: Moving from the US South to the Northeast

Question 7

intraregional region

Answer 7

Movement within the same region

Question 8

push factor

Answer 8

describe the reasons that individuals might emigrate from their homes.
Ex: poverty, lack of social mobility, violence, or persecution

Question 9

pull factor

Answer 9

a motivating cause that attracts a person to migrate to another region or country

Question 10

unauthorized immigrant

Answer 10

noncitizens who entered the U.S without inspection, overstayed a period of lawful admission, or violated the terms of their admission