Migration

Question 1

voluntary migration

Answer 1

migration that is done willingly

Question 2

international migration

Answer 2

when moves are made across international borders

Question 3

guest worker

Answer 3

ppl with temporary permission to work in another country

Question 4

transnational migration

Answer 4

when migrants move back and forth between their home countries and those to which they have migrated

Question 5

international/interregional migration

Answer 5

when ppl move within borders of a country

Question 6

great migration

Answer 6

1900s movement of 6 million African Americans from rural southern to Midwest and northeast states

Question 7

residential mobility

Answer 7

moves that occur within a metropolitan area

Question 8

chain migration

Answer 8

process by which some ppls’ migration to a new place leads to ppl they know also moving there

Question 9

step/stepwise migration

Answer 9

migration carried out in a series of stages

Question 10

return migration

Answer 10

migrants going back to their previous place of origin

Question 11

seasonal migration

Answer 11

migration based on the time of year

Question 12

forced migration

Answer 12

migration caused by forces out of ones control, such as disasters, social conflicts, or developments

Question 13

black belt

Answer 13

ethnic homeland in the U.S. south

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transhumance

Answer 14

a phenomenon where headers and their livestock move seasonally between their summer and winter pastures

Question 15

refugees

Answer 15

ppl who leave their country bc of persecution based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or

Question 16

internationally displaced person

Answer 16

someone who remains within their country despite being persecuted by their home country

Question 17

ethnic cleansing

Answer 17

forced removal of an ethnic group by another

Question 18

repatriated

Answer 18

when refugees/displaced ppl return to their home country

Question 19

asylum seekers

Answer 19

ppl who migrate to a country in hope of being recognized as a refugee

Question 20

spatial mobility

Answer 20

all forms of geographical movement, including ppls everyday commuting and travels

Question 21

social (upward) mobility

Answer 21

mobility that implies a change in social hierarchy

Question 22

origin

Answer 22

a persons location before migration

Question 23

migration system

Answer 23

the flow of all migrants from an origin to a destination

Question 24

counter stream

Answer 24

the flow of all migrants in direction opposite to a migration stream

Question 25

ravenstein’s 8 laws of migration

Answer 25

distance
youth
gender
rural to urban
step migration
urban areas
gravity model
counter migration

Question 26

migration age profile

Answer 26

the relatively stable relationship between the odds of migration and age across diff countries

Question 27

brain drain

Answer 27

a phenomenon where a country/place loses young, more educated, and skilled ppl thru migration

Question 28

brain gain

Answer 28

a phenomenon where a country/place gains young, more educated, and skilled ppl thru migration

Question 29

push-pull theory of migration

Answer 29

theory asserting that 2 contrasting sets of factors are at work in migration decisions

Question 30

intervening obstacles

Answer 30

a complication that potential migrants will need to overcome to reach their destination

Question 31

intervening opportunities

Answer 31

a nearby attractive local where migrants might decide to settle instead of the intended further destination

Question 32

diaspora

Answer 32

involuntary mass dispersions of a population from its home territory

Question 33

sunbelt

Answer 33

south, south west, cheap land, high government spending, good climate