Chapter 3: Migration

Question 1

Brain Drain

Answer 1

Large-scale emigration by talented people.

Question 2

Chain Migration

Answer 2

Migration of people to a specific location because relative or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.

Question 3

Circulation

Answer 3

Short-tern, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.

Question 4

Counter-urbanization

Answer 4

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.

Question 5

Emigration

Answer 5

Migration from a location.

Question 6

Floodplain

Answer 6

The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical records.

Question 7

Forced Migration

Answer 7

Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors such as war, persecution, but also famine.

Question 8

Guest Workers

Answer 8

Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher paying jobs.

Question 9

Immigration

Answer 9

Migration to a new location.

Question 10

Internal Migration

Answer 10

Permanent movement within a particular country.

Question 11

International Migration

Answer 11

Permanent movement from one country to another.

Question 12

Interregional Migration

Answer 12

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.

Question 13

Intervening Obstacle

Answer 13

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration such as a desert, mountains, or a language or religious barrier.

Question 14

Intraregional Migration

Answer 14

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

Question 15

Migration

Answer 15

Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location.

Question 16

Migration Transition

Answer 16

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 17

Mobility

Answer 17

All types of movement from one location to another.

Question 18

Net Migration

Answer 18

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.

Question 19

Pull Factor

Answer 19

Factor that induces people to move to a new location.

Question 20

Push Factor

Answer 20

Factor that induces people to leave old residences.

Question 21

Quotas

Answer 21

In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.

Question 22

Refugees

Answer 22

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and can not return for fear of prosecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

Question 23

Unauthorized Immigrants

Answer 23

People who enter a country without proper documents.

Question 24

Voluntary Migration

Answer 24

Permanent movement undertaken by choice such as better jobs, family, and other opportunities.