CH 3: Migration

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

a type of movement that changes places migrants leave and places they go
- creates connections and networks
- increases spatial interaction and speeds diffusion (relocation) ex) Little Havana in Miami

Question 2

Cyclic Movement

Answer 2

• leaving home for defined amount of time then returning
  ex) Commuting
• seasonal movement (snowbirds)
• pastoralism: herders move livestock throughout year
  
  • suitable in Savannah Africa, 200 mil
• Transhumance: specialized pastoralism in mountain areas, highland to lowland, Switzerland and Africa

Question 3

International Migration

Answer 3

• movement across country borders
• leaving = emigration, entering = immigration
• immigrants - emigrants = net migration
• biggest incentives = safety and economic opportunites

Question 4

Major Migration Paths

Answer 4

• northern and western europe to Americas
• southern Europe (Spain Portugal) to south and central america
  - pre 1830s, 2.75 mil, British to N America, Austra, New Zealand,
• Britain and Ireland to Africa and Australia
• enslaved Africans to Americas
• indentured laborers from South Asia to east Africa, SE Asia, and Caribbean America
• Chinese indentured workers to Americas 19th 20th cent.
• US westward migration

Question 5

Remittances

Answer 5

• earning money in new country and sending back to fam. in home countries
• 574 bill send in 2017
• can make up large percent of country’s GDP ex) Haiti, 32%