Chapter 3 Vocab

Question 1

Large-scale emigration by talented people

Answer 1

Brain Drain

Question 2

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previouslt migrated there

Answer 2

Chain Migration

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Circulation

Question 4

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

Answer 4

Counter-Urbanization

Question 5

an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States

Answer 5

Ellis Island

Question 6

Migration FROM a location

Answer 6

Emigration

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Floodplain

Question 8

Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

Answer 8

Forced migration

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Guest Workers

Question 10

Migration TO a new lcoation

Answer 10

Immigration

Question 11

Permanent movement within a particular country

Answer 11

Internal Migration

Question 12

Permanent movement from one country to another

Answer 12

International Migration

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Migration

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Migration Transition

Question 15

All types of movement from one location to another

Answer 15

Mobility

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Net Migration

Question 17

Factor that induces people to leave old residences

Answer 17

Push factor

Question 18

Factor that induces people to move to a new location

Answer 18

Pull factor

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Quotas

Question 20

People who are forces to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group , or political opinion

Answer 20

Refugees

Question 21

People who enter a country without proper documents

Answer 21

Unauthorized Immigrants

Question 22

permanent movement undertaken by choice

Answer 22

Voluntary Migration

Question 23

Permanent movement within one region if a country

Answer 23

Intraregional migration

Question 24

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

Answer 24

Intervening obstacle

Question 25

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

Answer 25

Interregional migration

Question 26

Permanent movement from one country to another

Answer 26

International migration