Ch. 5

Question 1

Mobility

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Circulation

Answer 2

Temporary, repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis.

Question 3

Human Migratuib

Answer 3

The permanent movement of people from one place to another.

Question 4

Emnigration

Answer 4

Movement away from a location

Question 5

Immigration

Answer 5

Movwmewnr ro a locarion.

Question 6

Net migrarion

Answer 6

The diffference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location such as a city/ciyntry

Question 7

Gravity Model (Improtant)

Answer 7

As the population of a city increases, migration to the city increases, and as the distance to a city grows, migration to that city decreases.

Question 8

Push factor

Answer 8

A negative cause that compels someone to leave a location (i.e. gang violence)

Question 9

Pull factor

Answer 9

A positive cause that attracts someone to a new location (i.e. safe neighborhoods)

Question 10

Voluntrary migation

Answer 10

people make the choice to move to a new place

Question 11

Forced migration

Answer 11

people are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors.

Question 12

Tramsnational migation

Answer 12

Immigrants to a new country retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties to their country of origin and may regularly return for visits.

Question 13

Internal migration

Answer 13

Movement withing a country’s borders.

Question 14

Friction of distance

Answer 14

The longer a journey is, the more time, effort, or cost it will involve.

Question 15

Transhuamanance

Answer 15

A from of migration practiced by nomads who move herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer and lower elevations during the winter.

Question 16

Chain migration

Answer 16

People move to a new location because others from their community have previously migrated there.

Question 17

Step migration

Answer 17

The series of smaller moves to get to the ultimate destination.

Question 18

Intervening obstacle

Answer 18

An occurrence that holds migrants back.

Question 19

Intervening opportunity

Answer 19

An occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice!

Question 20

Guest workers

Answer 20

Migrants who travel to a new country as temporary laborers (i.e. mexicans)

Question 21

Circular migration?

Answer 21

When migrant workers move back and forth between their country of origin and their destination country where they work temporary jobs

Question 22

Refugees

Answer 22

People who are being forced to leave their country for fear of persecution or death.

Question 23

Asylum

Answer 23

Some refugees (i.e. syrians) request this as the right to protection in the new country.

Question 24

Distance decay

Answer 24

The farther you are from your country of origin, the less interaction you have with it.

Question 25

Internally displaced persons

Answer 25

People who have been forced to flee their homes but remain within the country’s borders.

Question 26

Repatriate

Answer 26

Return to your home country

Question 27

Interregional Migration

Answer 27

Movement from one region of the country to another

Question 28

Intraregional Migration

Answer 28

Movement within one region of the country.

Question 29

Quotas

Answer 29

Limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year (This affected Jews)

Question 30

Kinship links

Answer 30

Networks of relatives/friends

Question 31

Remittances

Answer 31

Money earned by emigrants abrouad and sent back to home countries to family members who remain in the country of origin.

Question 32

Brain drain

Answer 32

Loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another - often richer - country.

Question 33

Relocation Diffusion*

Answer 33

The spread of ideas and cultural traits through migration