chapter three - migration

Question 1

Brain Drain

Answer 1

large-scale emigration by talented people

Question 2

circulation

Answer 2

short term repetitive or cyclical movement that recur on a regular basis

Question 3

counterurbanization

Answer 3

net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

Question 4

floodplain

Answer 4

the area subject to p flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. (texas)

Question 5

Immigration

Answer 5

migration TO a new location/country

Question 6

Internal Migration

Answer 6

PERMANENT movement within a particular country.

Question 7

Migration

Answer 7

Moving to a new location/out your country to a new

Question 8

Migration Transition

Answer 8

Change in migration patterns in a society

Question 9

Mobility

Answer 9

Different groups of people moving from one location to another

Question 10

Net Migration

Answer 10

The difference between the level of immigration and level of emigration

Question 11

Quotas

Answer 11

Migration laws: Maximum people to the nett the country each year

Question 12

Emigration

Answer 12

leave one’s country to live in another. (migrant)

Question 13

urban

Answer 13

city or town

Question 14

rural

Answer 14

countryside

Question 15

census

Answer 15

official count or survey of a population

Question 16

possiibilism

Answer 16

human behavior/culture is not determined by environment

Question 17

epidemiology

Answer 17

branch of medical science concerned with diseases (that kill off large amounts of people)

Question 18

environmental determinism

Answer 18

if climate controls population density.

Question 19

physiological density

Answer 19

number of people per unit of arable land suitable for agriculture

Question 20

Migration from a location is called

Answer 20

emigration

Question 21

Which of the following countries recieves the most remittances from other countries?

Answer 21

India

Question 22

Which of the following groups was the largest source of migrants entering the United States between 1900-1910?

Answer 22

southern and eastern europe