Chapter 3 Test Flashcards
What is a seasonal movement?
Snowbirds and nomadism
What is periodic movement?
Longer periods away from home
What is transhumance?
Ranchers move lives stock according to the availability of pastures
What is an activity space,’v
Where your daily routine takes you
Emigrant
One who migrates out subtracts from population
Immigrant
One who migrant in and adds to population
What is an example of forced migration?
Slave trade
Ravens twins law of migration
Every migration generates counter migration
Majority of migrants move a short distance
Migrants who move long move to big cities
Urban residents are less migratory than people from rural areas
Families are less likely to move than young adults
What is the gravity model
Number of migrants decrease as the distance they most travel increases
Push factors
Things that push people out of a country (more accurate)
Pull factors
Things that pull people to another country
What is step migration
Moving in stages
What is global migration
Cross ocean
What is regional migration
Move to neigboor ing countries
National migration
Internal migration
