Migration

Question 1

Asylum

Answer 1

The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.

Question 2

Brain Drain

Answer 2

The emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country.

Question 3

Chain Migration

Answer 3

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.

Question 4

Counter Migration

Answer 4

Each migration flow produces a movement in the opposite direction.

Question 5

Distance Decay

Answer 5

When things are farther apart they are less connected.

Question 6

Emigrant

Answer 6

A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.

Question 7

Emigrate

Answer 7

Leave one’s own country in order to settle permanently in another.

Question 8

Ethnic Enclaves

Answer 8

Neighborhoods filled primarily with people of the same ethnic group.

Question 9

Family Reunification

Answer 9

A recognized reason for immigration in many countries because of the presence of one or more family members in a certain country, therefore, enables the rest of the divided family or only specific members of the family to emigrate to that country as well.

Question 10

Forced Migration

Answer 10

Refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region.

Question 11

Gravity Models of Migration

Answer 11

The Gravity Model holds that the interaction between two places can be determined by the product of the population of both places, divided by the square of their distance from one another. The primary implication of this model is that distance is not the only determining factor in the interaction between two cities.

Question 12

Guest Workers

Answer 12

Foreign national who is permitted to live and work temporarily in a host country.

Question 13

Guest-Worker Policies

Answer 13

Allows foreign workers to temporarily reside and work in a host country until the next round of workers is readily available to switch.

Question 14

Immigrant

Answer 14

A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

Question 15

Internal Migration

Answer 15

Human migration within a country.

Question 16

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Intervening Obstacles

Answer 17

Factors that cause migrants challenges or prevent them from reaching their goal.

Question 18

Intervening Opportunity

Answer 18

Opportunities en route that disrupt a migrant’s original migration plan.

Question 19

Migration

Answer 19

The permanent or semipermanent relocation of people from one place to another.

Question 20

Migration Transition Model

Answer 20

Claims that the type of migration that occurs within a country depends on its development level and its society type.

Question 21

Push Factor

Answer 21

Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where they live that compels a person to leave.

Question 22

Pull Factor

Answer 22

Positive conditions or circumstances.

Question 23

Refugee

Answer 23

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Question 24

Remittances

Answer 24

Money immigrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries.

Question 25

Return Migration

Answer 25

The voluntary movements of immigrants back to their place of origin. Also known as circular migration.

Question 26

Rural-To-Urban Migration

Answer 26

The movement of people (typically farmers) from rural settlements to urban center in search of jobs.

Question 27

Step Migration

Answer 27

Gradual migration, from farm to village to town to big city.

Question 28

Transitional Migration

Answer 28

The change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other changes that also produce demographic transitions.

Question 29

Transhumance

Answer 29

The seasonal movement of livestock (herding) between mountains and lowland pastures. Typically, livestock is moved to the lowlands in the winters and to the highlands in the summers.

Question 30

Voluntary Migration

Answer 30

A movement made by choice.

Question 31

Xenophobia

Answer 31

Fear or dislike of foreigners significantly different from oneself.