AP HUG Chapter 5 Vocab

Question 1

asylum

Answer 1

the right to protection in a country

Question 2

brain drain

Answer 2

the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another — often richer — country

Question 3

circular migration

Answer 3

migration pattern in which migrant workers move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs

Question 4

chain migration

Answer 4

type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there

Question 5

emigration

Answer 5

movement away from a location

Question 6

guest worker

Answer 6

a migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor

Question 6

friction of distance

Answer 6

a concept that states that the longer a journey is, the more time, effort, and cost it will involve

Question 6

gravity model

Answer 6

a model that predicts the interaction between two or more places; geographers derived the model from Newton’s law of universal gravitation

Question 7

forced migration

Answer 7

type of migration in which people are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors

Question 8

human migration

Answer 8

the permanent movement of people from one place to another

Question 9

human trafficking

Answer 9

defined by the United Nations as “the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion)”

Question 9

internal migration

Answer 9

movement within a country’s borders

Question 10

immigration

Answer 10

movement to a location

Question 10

intervening obstacle

Answer 10

an occurrence that holds migrants back

Question 11

internally displaced people (IDPs)

Answer 11

people who have been forced to flee his or her homes but remain within the country’s borders

Question 12

intraregional migration

Answer 12

movement within one region of the country

Question 12

interregional migration

Answer 12

movement from one region of the country to another

Question 12

mobility

Answer 12

all types of movement from one location to another, whether temporary or permanent or over short or long distances

Question 12

kinship links

Answer 12

networks of relatives and friends

Question 13

intervening opportunity

Answer 13

an occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

Question 14

pull factor

Answer 14

a positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

Question 15

net migration

Answer 15

the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or a country

Question 16

quotas

Answer 16

limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year

Question 16

push factor

Answer 16

a negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

Question 16

remittances

Answer 16

money earned by an emigrant abroad and sent back to his or her home country

Question 17

repatriate

Answer 17

to return to one’s home country

Question 17

refugees

Answer 17

a person who is forced to leave his or her country for fear of persecution or death

Question 18

skills gap

Answer 18

a shortage of people trained in a particular industry

Question 19

step migration

Answer 19

series of smaller moves to get to the ultimate destination

Question 20

voluntary migration

Answer 20

type of migration in which people make the choice to move to a new place

Question 20

transhumance

Answer 20

the movement of herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer months and lower elevations during the winter

Question 20

transnational migration

Answer 20

international migration in which people retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties with their countries of origin