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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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all types of movement from one location to another, whether temporary or permanent or over short or long distances

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mobility

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temporary, repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis

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Circulation

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the permanent movement of people from one place to another

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Human Migration

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movement away from a location

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emigration

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movement to a location

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immigration

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the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or a country

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net migration

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a model that predicts the interaction between two or more places; geographers derived the model from Newton’s law of universal gravitation

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gravity model

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a negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

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push factor

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a positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

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pull factor

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type of migration in which people make the choice to move to a new place

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voluntary migration

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type of migration in which people are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors

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forced migration

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international migration in which people retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties with their countries of origin

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transnational migration

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movement within a country’s borders

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internal migration

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a concept that states that the longer a journey is, the more time, effort, and cost it will involve

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friction of distance

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the movement of herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer months and lower elevations during the winter

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Transhumance

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type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there

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chain migration

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series of smaller moves to get to the ultimate destination

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step migration

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an occurrence that holds migrants back

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intervening obstacle

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an occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

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intervening opportunity

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a migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor

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Guest workers

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migration pattern in which migrant workers move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs

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circular migration

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a principle that describes how distance affects interactions between locations

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distance decay

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a person who is forced to leave his or her country for fear of persecution or death

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Refugees

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the right to protection in a country

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asylum

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person who has been forced to flee his or her home but remains within the country’s borders

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internally displaced

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defined by the United Nations as “the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion)”

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Human trafficking

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to return to one’s home country

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repatriate

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movement from one region of the country to another

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interregional migration

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movement within one region of the country

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intraregional migration

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limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year

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quotas

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networks of relatives and friends

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kinship links

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a shortage of people trained in a particular industry

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skills gap

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money earned by an emigrant abroad and sent back to his or her home country

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remittance

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the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another—often richer—country

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brain drain

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the spread of culture traits through the movement of people

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relocation diffusion

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