Chapter 3 Flashcards
Ravensteins law
Short distance is in same country
Long distance is to major centers of economic activity
The farther the distance the
Less likely to move
More internal or international?
Internal
Interregional v intraregional movement
Rural to urban
Cities to suburban
International migration patterns
Asia to North America
Asia to Europe
Latin America to North America
Southwest Asia attracts immigrants why
Petroleum exporting, from poorer of Asia
3 U.S. Immigration patterns and times
Colonial 17-18
Mass European late 19 early 20
Asian and Latin late 20 early 21
Colonial immigration from
Europe settled along Atlantic coast
Sub Saharan Africa forced to migrate
Mid 19 early 20
90% from Europe Ireland and Germany 3/4 economic push and pol. Unrest Decline in civil war Scandanavia diffusion of industrial
Late 20 early 21st
Great Depression and WWII slowed immigration
3/4 from Asia and Latin America
Move to Cali, New York, Florida, Texas
Immigration reform and control act caused Latin Americans to move
Economic opportunity away from home with rapid population
Komsomol, soviet
Construction near raw materials, colonize north and Siberia
Young volunteers during school vacation to
China
From rural on interior to urban areas on coast
Brazil
Brasilia , moved to jobs, oat near Atlantic coast
Why rural to urban
From economic advancement prospect of work in factories
Urban to suburban
Lifestyle