Chapter 3: Migration Flashcards
What is migration.
The permanent move to a new location. It is a form of relocation diffusion. Contributes to the movement of cultural values and practices.
What is emigration?
migration from a location
what is net-migration?
the difference between the number of immigrants and number of emigrants.
What is migration transition?
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.
what happens in the 4 stages of the migration transition?
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.
what is the difference between international and internal migration?
- international: permanent move from one country to another.
- Internal: permanent move within a particular region
what is the difference between interregional and intraregional migration?
- Interregional: permanent move from one region in a country to another.
- Intraregional: permanent move within one region of a country
what are the 3 largest flows of migration?
- asia to Europe
- asia to North America
- Latin America to North America
what are the different intraregional migration types?
- Rural to urban
- began because of industrial revolution - Urban to Suburban
- mostly in developed nations - Urban to rural
- Counterurbanization
what are push and pull factors?
Push factor: induces people to move from present location
pull factor: induces people to move to location
what are ravensteins 3 reasons for migration?
cultural, environmental, economic
what is an intervening obstacle?
an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. (ex: politics)
what are the United Nations 3 groups who are forced to migrate for political reasons?
- refugee: forced to migrate and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, social group, political opinion
- asylum seeker: migrated in hopes of being recognized as a refugee
- internally displaced person: forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across international border.
what is a flood plain?
area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends.
what is remittance?
transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
most long-distance migrants are ____ and ____ ____
male
single adults
most migrants are between what ages?
20-39
Ravenstein theorized that men would migrate more but women actually migrate ___% of the time
55
why do women migrate more?
the number of women in the workforce attracts them.
some countries allow women to join their husbands.
policies toward immigration are influenced by?
public opinion, economic, resources, international relations
what is brain drain?
large-scale emigration of talented people
what is chain-migration?
migration to a specific location cause relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
what is a quota?
law that places maximum limits on number of people who can immigrate to a country each year
what is unauthorized immigrates?
person who enters country without proper documents to do so.
what are guest workers?
workers who moved for higher paying jobs and make up 30% of all worlds immigrants.
Ravensteins 2 laws in terms of the distance of migration are?
- most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the same country
- long-distance migrants to other countries head toward major centres of economic activity.
