Human Geo 3.3 & 3.4 Vocab Flashcards

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Push Factor

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A factor that induces people to leave old locations.

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Pull Factor

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A factor that induces people to move to a new location.

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3
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Intervening Obstacle

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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

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Step Migration

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Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps toward a final destination.

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Refugee

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People who are forced 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.

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Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

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Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.

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Asylum Seeker

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Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

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Floodplain

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

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Remittance

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Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.

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Unauthorized Immigrant

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A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so.

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Quota

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

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12
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Brain Drain

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Large-scale emigration by talented people.

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13
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Family-based Migration

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Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.

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14
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Guest Worker

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A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northeastern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job.

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Circular Migration

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The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.

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