Migration

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Chain Migration

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

Question 1

Brain Drain

Answer 1

Large-scale emigration by talented people

Question 2

Circulation

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

Question 3

Counterurbanization

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Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

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Emigration

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migration from a location

Question 5

Floodplain

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Forced Migration

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Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

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Guest Workers

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Workers who migrate to the MDC’s of North America and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs

Question 8

Immigration

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migration to a new location

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Internal Migration

Answer 9

Permeant movement within a particular country

Question 10

International Migration

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Permeant movement from country to another

Question 11

Interregional Migration

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Permeant movement from one region of a country to another

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Intervening Obstacle

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An environmental of cultural feature of the landscape that hinder migration

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Migration Transition

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Change in the migration pattern in society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition

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Mobility

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all types of movement from one location to another

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Net Migration

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the difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration

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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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Push Factor

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factor that induces people to move to a new location

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Quotas Laws

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Maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

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Refugees

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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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Unauthorized Immigrants

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People who enter a country without proper documents

Question 21

Voluntary Migration

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Permeant movement undertaken by choice

Question 22

Globalization

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actions of processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope

Question 23

Population Concentrations

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the spread of people over a given area