Chapter 3: Migration

Question 1

What is migration.

Answer 1

The permanent move to a new location. It is a form of relocation diffusion. Contributes to the movement of cultural values and practices.

Question 2

What is emigration?

Answer 2

migration from a location

Question 3

what is net-migration?

Answer 3

the difference between the number of immigrants and number of emigrants.

Question 4

What is migration transition?

Answer 4

change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.

Question 5

what happens in the 4 stages of the migration transition?

Answer 5

stage 1: high daily/seasonal mobility for food search

stage 2: high international emigration and interregional migration from rural to urban

stage 3&4: high international immigration and intraregional migration form cities to suburbs.

Question 6

what is the difference between international and internal migration?

Answer 6

• international: permanent move from one country to another.

- Internal: permanent move within a particular region

Question 7

what is the difference between interregional and intraregional migration?

Answer 7

• Interregional: permanent move from one region in a country to another.
• Intraregional: permanent move within one region of a country

Question 8

what are the 3 largest flows of migration?

Answer 8

1. asia to Europe
2. asia to North America
3. Latin America to North America

Question 9

what are the different intraregional migration types?

Answer 9

1. Rural to urban
   - began because of industrial revolution
2. Urban to Suburban
   - mostly in developed nations
3. Urban to rural
   - Counterurbanization

Question 10

what are push and pull factors?

Answer 10

Push factor: induces people to move from present location

pull factor: induces people to move to location

Question 11

what are ravensteins 3 reasons for migration?

Answer 11

cultural, environmental, economic

Question 12

what is an intervening obstacle?

Answer 12

an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. (ex: politics)

Question 13

what are the United Nations 3 groups who are forced to migrate for political reasons?

Answer 13

1. refugee: forced to migrate and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, social group, political opinion
2. asylum seeker: migrated in hopes of being recognized as a refugee
3. internally displaced person: forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across international border.

Question 14

what is a flood plain?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

what is remittance?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

most long-distance migrants are ____ and ____ ____

Answer 16

male

single adults

Question 17

most migrants are between what ages?

Answer 17

20-39

Question 18

Ravenstein theorized that men would migrate more but women actually migrate ___% of the time

Answer 18

55

Question 19

why do women migrate more?

Answer 19

the number of women in the workforce attracts them.

some countries allow women to join their husbands.

Question 20

policies toward immigration are influenced by?

Answer 20

public opinion, economic, resources, international relations

Question 21

what is brain drain?

Answer 21

large-scale emigration of talented people

Question 22

what is chain-migration?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

what is a quota?

Answer 23

law that places maximum limits on number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

Question 24

what is unauthorized immigrates?

Answer 24

person who enters country without proper documents to do so.

Question 25

what are guest workers?

Answer 25

workers who moved for higher paying jobs and make up 30% of all worlds immigrants.

Question 26

Ravensteins 2 laws in terms of the distance of migration are?

Answer 26

1. most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the same country
2. long-distance migrants to other countries head toward major centres of economic activity.