AP Human Geo: Chapter 3

Question 1

91. Migration

Answer 1

A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location.

Question 2

92. Mobility

Answer 2

All types of movement between two location.

Question 3

93. Circulation

Answer 3

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.

Question 4

94. Immigration

Answer 4

Migration to a new location.

Question 5

95. Net Migration

Answer 5

the difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.

Question 6

96. Migration Transition

Answer 6

A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.

Question 7

97. International Migration

Answer 7

Permanent movement from one country to another.

Question 8

98. Voluntary Migration

Answer 8

Permanent movement undertaken by choice.

Question 9

99. Forced Migration

Answer 9

Permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors.

Question 10

100. Internal Migration

Answer 10

Permanent movement within a particular country.

Question 11

101. Interregional Migration

Answer 11

permanent movement from one region of a country to another.

Question 12

102. Intraregional Migration

Answer 12

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

Question 13

103. Counterunbanization

Answer 13

Net migration form urban to rural areas in more developed countries.

Question 14

104. Push Factor

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A factor that includes people to leave old residences.

Question 15

105. Pull factor

Answer 15

A factor that includes people to move to a new location.

Question 16

106. Refugee

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People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

Question 17

107. Internally Displaced Person

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(IDP) Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reason as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.

Question 18

108. Asylum Seeker

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Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

Question 19

109. Floodplain

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the area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends.

Question 20

110. Guest Worker

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A term once used for a worked who migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.

Question 21

111. intervening Obstacle

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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

Question 22

112. Quotas

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In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.

Question 23

113. Brain Drain

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Large-scale emigration by talented people.

Question 24

114. Chain Migration

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Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality migrated there.