migration vocab Flashcards
When people move back to the country from the city
counter-urbanization
things that draw migrants to a place
pull factors
migration going to a country
immigration
when a country gets education workers from another country
brain gain
the movement of people in a population, as from place to place, from job to job, or from one social class or level to another
mobility
when jews were forced to disperse all around the mediterranean
disporia
migration that occurs from one country to the next
international migration
when a government only allows a certain amount of immigrants
quota
short-term repetitive or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis
circulation
people who were forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for persecution because of their races, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion
refugee
the mathematical prediction of the interaction between two bodies as a function of their size and the distance separating them
gravity model
the process of people moving from cities to suburbs
suburbanization
things that draw migrants away from a place
push factors
the process by which migration movements from a common home area to a specific destination are sustained by links or friendship or kinship between first movers and later followers
chain migration
an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration
intervening obstacle
