chapter three - migration Flashcards
Brain Drain
large-scale emigration by talented people
circulation
short term repetitive or cyclical movement that recur on a regular basis
counterurbanization
net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries
floodplain
the area subject to p flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. (texas)
Immigration
migration TO a new location/country
Internal Migration
PERMANENT movement within a particular country.
Migration
Moving to a new location/out your country to a new
Migration Transition
Change in migration patterns in a society
Mobility
Different groups of people moving from one location to another
Net Migration
The difference between the level of immigration and level of emigration
Quotas
Migration laws: Maximum people to the nett the country each year
Emigration
leave one’s country to live in another. (migrant)
urban
city or town
rural
countryside
census
official count or survey of a population
possiibilism
human behavior/culture is not determined by environment
epidemiology
branch of medical science concerned with diseases (that kill off large amounts of people)
environmental determinism
if climate controls population density.
physiological density
number of people per unit of arable land suitable for agriculture
Migration from a location is called
emigration
Which of the following countries recieves the most remittances from other countries?
India
Which of the following groups was the largest source of migrants entering the United States between 1900-1910?
southern and eastern europe
