Chapter 3 Mirgation

Question 1

Asylum seeker

Answer 1

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hole of being recognized as a refugee

Question 2

Brain drain

Answer 2

Large-scale emigration of talented people (scientists)

Question 3

Chain migration

Answer 3

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or people of the same nationality live there

Question 4

Circulation

Answer 4

Short-term, repetitive, cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

Question 5

Counter urbanization

Answer 5

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

Question 6

Emigration

Answer 6

Migration from a location

Question 7

Floodplain

Answer 7

The area subject to flooding during a given munger of years

Question 8

Forced migration

Answer 8

Permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors

Question 9

Guest worker

Answer 9

A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of northern/Western Europe, usually from southern/Eastern Europe or North Africa in search of higher paying jobs

Question 10

Immigration

Answer 10

Migration to a new location

Question 11

Internal migration

Answer 11

Permanent movement within a particular country

Question 12

Internally displaced person

Answer 12

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

Question 13

International migration

Answer 13

Permanent movement from one country to another

Question 14

Inter regional migration

Answer 14

Permanent movement from one region to another

Question 15

Intervening obstacle

Answer 15

A environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

Question 16

Intraregional migration

Answer 16

Permanent movement within one region or country

Question 17

Migration

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Migration transition

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Mobility

Answer 19

All types of movement between location

Question 20

Net migration

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Pull factor

Answer 21

A factor that induces people to move to a new location

Question 22

Push factor

Answer 22

A factor that induces people to Leave old residences

Question 23

Quotas

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Refugee

Answer 24

People who are forced to migrate from their home country

Question 25

Unauthorized immigrants

Answer 25

People who enter a country without proper documents

Question 26

Voluntary migration

Answer 26

Permanent movement undertaken by choice