chapter 3

Question 1

asylum seeker

Answer 1

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

Question 2

brain drain

Answer 2

large scale emigration by talented people

Question 3

circular migration

Answer 3

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

Question 4

circulation

Answer 4

short term, repetitive, or cylical movements that recur on a regular basis

Question 5

counterurbanization

Answer 5

net migration from urban to rural areas in mdcs

Question 6

emigration

Answer 6

migration from a location

Question 7

family based migration

Answer 7

migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there

Question 8

floodplain

Answer 8

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

Question 9

forced migration

Answer 9

permanent migration, compelled by cultural or environmental factors

Question 10

guest worker

Answer 10

a term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of northern and western europe, usually from southern and western europe, or from north africa, in search of a higher paying job.

Question 11

immigration

Answer 11

migration to a new location

Question 12

internal migration

Answer 12

migration within a country. permanent

Question 13

idp

Answer 13

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

Question 14

international migration

Answer 14

migration from one country to another. permanent

Question 15

interregional migration

Answer 15

permanent movement from one region in a country. rural -> urban, stage 2

Question 16

intervening obstacle

Answer 16

an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

Question 17

intraregional migration

Answer 17

within one region of a country. cities -> suburbs, stage 3

Question 18

migration

Answer 18

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

Question 19

migration transition

Answer 19

a change in the migratory pattern that results from industrialization, pop growth, and other social/economic changes that also produce the dem. transition

Question 20

mobility

Answer 20

all types of movement between locations

Question 21

net migration

Answer 21

the difference between immigration and emigration

Question 22

pull factor

Answer 22

induces people to move

Question 23

push factor

Answer 23

induces people to leave

Question 24

quota

Answer 24

law that places max limits on the # of people who can immigrate each year

Question 25

refugees

Answer 25

people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return

Question 26

remittance

Answer 26

transfer of money by workers to people in the country they emigrated from

Question 27

Step migration

Answer 27

migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps towards a final destination

Question 28

unauthorized immigrant

Answer 28

someone who enters a country without proper documents to do so

Question 29

voluntary migration

Answer 29

permanent movement undertaken by choice