Chapter 3: Migration Flashcards
What are monies migrants?
Migrants that send money home to families (remittances)
How do remittances benefit the home countries of these migrants?
More money for economy
What kind of visas do immigrant laborers work under?
Temporary visas
What kinds of things does movement change?
People, places, speeds diffusion of ideas and innovations, intensifies spatial interactions, transforms regions
What does all movement involve?
Leaving home
What is cyclic movement? State an example.
Involves journeys that begin at home and bring you back to it. An example is people’s daily routine within their activity spaces.
What are the 3 types of movement/migration?
Cyclic movement, periodic movement, and migration.
What is periodic movement? State an example.
Involves longer period of time away from home and then returns home. Some examples are migrant laborers who come to the US, pastoral farming where ranchers move livestock according to seasonal availability of pastures (transhumance), and leaving home to attend college for four years.
Define migration.
When movement results in permanent relocation across significant distances and usually involves the long-term relocation of an individual, household, or larger group.
What is the difference between international and internal migration?
International Migration - movement across country borders; when migrant leaves their home country, they are considered an emigrant of the home country and an immigrant of the destination country (e.g. Europe to the US)
Internal Migration - migration within a single country’s borders (e.g. Af-Am move south to west in the US)
What act did the US pass which gave amnesty and permanent residence to migrants living in the US for long periods of time.
Immigration Reform and Control Act
What are the two types of migration?
Forced and voluntary
What’s the difference between forced and voluntary migration?
Forced Migration - involved imposition of authority or power which cause involuntary migration movements that can’t be understood based on theories of choice.
Voluntary Migration - occurs after a migrant weighs options and choices which can be analyzed
