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Migration Test Flashcards

1
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what are the categories of push and pull factors

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  • economic
  • political
  • cultural
  • environment
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2
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when predicting movement, who in general is most likely to move?

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-young adults
-well educated
the two make up the brain drain

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3
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what are Ravenstein’s 5 laws? must be able to recite by heart word for word!

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  1. for every migration there is a counter migration
  2. most migration’s are for a short distance
  3. a long distance migration is likely to a big city
  4. urban residents less likely to migrate than rural
  5. families are less likely to move internationally
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4
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what is step migration

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small incremental moves

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5
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intervening opportunity

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positive event that stops you on your way (something better)

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6
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intervening obstacle

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negative event that stops you on your way

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7
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how do you create an ethnic enclave

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  1. pioneer migrants (first people to come)
  2. kinship links (communication to home country)
  3. chain migration (family follows)
  4. enclave
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8
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distance makes any interaction less likely between people goods and ideas

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migration patters

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9
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predicts levels of interaction between two places

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gravity index

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10
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interaction and distance are _____________ related

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inversely

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11
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what is the name of the graph where the axes are interaction and distance

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distance decay model

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12
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what is the gravity index equation

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distance between squared

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13
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in the gravity index equation, the ____________ the number the ________ the likelihood of interaction

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higher; greater

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14
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what are the 5 major historic migration flows

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  1. south Europe to central/south america (spanish colonization)
  2. africa to america (slave trade)
  3. north europe to north america (british/french/dutch)
  4. britain to asia,africa, australia
  5. india to british colonial possessions
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15
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mass migration didnt occur until after what

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european colonization

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16
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what are the three massive migration patterns in the US?

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  1. East to West (colonies)
  2. south to north (after civil war former slaves moved north and After WW2 the Great Migration)
  3. North to South - current day
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17
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internal migration - russia

- west to east for 3 reasons

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  1. nazi germany - move manufacturing away from nazis
  2. Russification - encourage ethnic russians to move closer together
  3. Vladivostok- only ice free port
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18
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what does ISIS stand for

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

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19
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what does ISIL stand for

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Islamic State of Syria and the Leviant

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20
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what area has taken a single refugee

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the countries of the Arabian Peninsula

21
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how long has Afghanistan been at war

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1980

22
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why do farmers find immigrants necessary

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no Americans are willing to the the physical labor

23
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in one of the videos, there was an argument that if the immigrants were deported they could get Americans to do the hard farm labor by offering more pay. why could this not actually happen

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Americans like cheap food. if they pay workers more, the price of food will go up

24
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what are WASPs

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White Anglo Saxon Protestants

25
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in the past, US immigration policy used to be based off of what?

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ethnicity

26
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currently, US immigration policy is based off of what?

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family reinforcement and special skills that help the economy

27
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what is proof of immigration used to be based off of ethnicity

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  • anti Irish because they were Catholic
  • Chinese Exclusion Act
  • Gentleman’s Agreement
  • Emergency Quota Act - limited immigration by nation of origin. could only be 2% of 188- census. 150,000 total immigrants per year
28
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list proof of how current immigration is based off family reunification

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immediate relatives - minor unmarried children, spouses,

extended family- parents, siblings, adult children

29
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list proof of how current immigration is based off having special skills

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  • persons of extraordinary ability = masters of their craft- singers, pro athletes, geniuses like Einstein
  • persons of exceptional ability- people with Ph. D
  • someone who’ve given special assistance to US= has at least $500,000 with the intent to create jobs
30
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define cyclic movements

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involves shorter periods away from home

31
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activity spaces-

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a daily routine that takes one through a regular sequence of short moves within a local area

32
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periodic movements

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involves longer periods of time away from home

33
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forced migration

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involves imposition of authority and power which produces involuntary movement
- ex is slavery

34
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internal refugees -

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have been displaced in their home countries

35
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international refugees

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crossed one or more international borders during their moves

36
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whats the difference between a migrant and a refugee

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refugees move without tangible property, they travel by walking, bicycle, wagon, boat, and are displaced, moved without documents

37
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how many refugees are estimated to exist in the world today

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25 million displaced

38
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what are the three primary regions of crisis in sub Saharan African that have generated large refugee numbers

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  1. Rwanda and the Congo
  2. Liberia and Sierra
  3. Guinea and the Ivory Coast
39
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what group fled Iraq in 1991

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Kuwait’s Kurdish fled across Turkish-Iranian borders

40
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migration selectivity

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effects of migration on places of origin and destination

41
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migration streams

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people move in well defined channels not randomly

42
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how many people live outside of the country of their birth

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2% or 100 million

43
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examples of economic place desirability factors

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job availability
high wages
affordable houses

44
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non economic place desirability factors

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low crime rates
favorable climate
clean air

45
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what is the limit for permanent immigrant entry into the US per year

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675,000

46
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14th amendment

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anyone born in US is a citizen

47
Q

Afghan refugees are fleeing to

A

Pakistan

48
Q

describe the Arab spring

A

revolutionary wave of protests that occurred in the middle east. the problems toppled the regimes in Egypt, Libya, Syria. this caused a civil war between different ethnicity and religious groups

49
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where have the Syrian refugees gone

A

Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt

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