Key Terms Flashcards
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Migration
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- movement of ppl to an area or country
2
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internal migration
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- movement in a country or region w/o crossing international borders
3
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International migration
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- movement from one country/political state to another
4
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Immigration
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- migrants entering
5
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Emigration
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- migrants leaving
6
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Net migration
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- number of migrants entering a region or country minus number of migrants leaving same region or country
7
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Origin/Source area
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- area where migrations start
8
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Destination
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- area where migration is complete
9
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Migration stream
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- forms when migrants share a common origin + destination
10
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Counterstream/Reverse flow
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- migrants moving back from destination to origin
11
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Chain migration
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- migrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular destination
12
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Relay migration
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- at diff stages in a family’s life cycle diff ppl take responsibility for migration to improve financial position of family
13
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Stepped migration
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- migrants make several short moves, each time moving to a larger or more important settlement
14
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Voluntary migration
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- individual or household has a free choice to move
15
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Forced migration
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- individual or household has little or no choice to move
