Chapter 3

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

A permanent move to a new location.

Question 2

Mobility

Answer 2

A more general term covering all types of movements from one place to another.

Question 3

Circulation

Answer 3

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that occur regularly.

Question 4

Emigration

Answer 4

Migration from a location.

Question 5

Immigration

Answer 5

Migration to a location.

Question 6

Net migration

Answer 6

The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants: if the number of immigrants exceeds the number of emigrants, the net migration is positive, and the region has in-migration, and vice-versa.

Question 7

International migration

Answer 7

A permanent move from one country to another.

Question 8

Migration transition

Answer 8

Changes in a society through migration patterns comparable to those in the demographic transition.

Question 9

Voluntary migration

Answer 9

The migrant has chosen to move, often for economic reasons and occasionally for environmental reasons.

Question 10

Forced migration

Answer 10

The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.

Question 11

Internal migration

Answer 11

A permanent move within the same country.

Question 12

Interregional migration

Answer 12

Movement from one region of a country to another.

Question 13

Intraregional migration

Answer 13

Movement within one region.

Question 14

Counterurbanization

Answer 14

Net migration from urban to rural areas.

Question 15

Push factor

Answer 15

Induces people to move out of their present location.

Question 16

Pull factor

Answer 16

Induces people to move into a new location.

Question 17

Refugee

Answer 17

A person who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

Question 18

Internally displaced person (IDP)

Answer 18

A person who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.

Question 19

Asylum seeker

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Floodplain

Answer 20

An area subject to flooding during a specific number of years, based on historical trends.

Question 21

Desertification

Answer 21

Deterioration of land to a desertlike condition typically due to human action.

Question 22

Intervening obstacle

Answer 22

An environmental or political feature that hinders migration.

Question 23

Remittance

Answer 23

The transfer of money by migrant workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.

Question 24

Unauthorized immigrants

Answer 24

Immigrants who enter countries without proper documents (illegally.)

Question 25

Quotas

Answer 25

Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one-year period.

Question 26

Brain drain

Answer 26

A large-scale emigration by talented people.

Question 27

Chain migration

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Guest worker

Answer 28

Programs in which immigrants from poorer countries were allowed to immigrate temporarily to obtain jobs, mostly during the 1960s and ‘70s.

Question 29

Circular migration

Answer 29

The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.