Migration vocab Flashcards
What is the def of activity space and what does it look like?
Places where people move or travel or do work in, “place where there activities are”
What is chain migration and give me an example?
Chain migration is when one individual comes to a place and tells his/her friends to come too probably because it’s cheaper or they have jobs there which causes them to bring in their family which causes their family to bring in friends which creates a chain.
What is counter migration and what is an example of counter migration?
Counter migration is simply the migration in an opposite direction. Basically immigrants who move from Africa to the U S and then when they move back to Africa that is counter migration.
What is cyclic movement and what is an example of cyclic movement?
Cyclic movement is when you leave a place to go somewhere else on a journey and come back to that same place. An example is if you leave home to go to work and after work you come back home that is called cyclic movement.
What is distance decay and what is an example of it?
It is the idea that if you live further away from specific services or stores that you are less likely to go to those. For example, if you live 100 miles away from a walmart but you live only 4 miles away from dollar general you are a lot less likely to go to walmart.
What is emigration and what is an example of emigration?
Emigration is the act of leaving one country to move to another most likely permanent. An example of it is if your family moved from Peru to the us and stayed there forever.
What is forced migration and what is an example of forced migration?
Forced migration is when people are forced to leave their country either from a war or something like human rights abuse. An example is the refugees leaving Syria because of the Syrian civil war and from violence and murder.
What is a gravity model and what is an example of it?
It is a model that it used to see how much two cities interact, trade, or converse with each other. An example is if London and New york and Canada were interacting it would be a lot more likely to see New York and London interacting a lot more than Kingston, Canada because London and New York have closer populations than Kingston does.
What is immigration and what is an example of immigration?
Immigration is the act of coming to a new country and staying there permanently. An example is if you and your Family arrives at the U.S then you would be immigrating into it.
What is internal migration and what is an example of internal migration?
Internal migration is when someone moves from one part of a country to another, but not outside of the country, internal. An example is if you moved from rural parts like North Dakota to Ne York.
What is an intervening opportunity and what is an example of it?
An intervening opportunity is when a migrant sets their destination for a specific place but on their way there they find a good job/home opportunity and they stop there. A good example is if you were planning to go to Michigan but you found a great job and home in Texas so you decide to stay.
What is an intervening obstacle and what is an example of an intervening obstacle?
An intervening obstacle is a type of obstacle that is blocking that path of the migration. An example is if you were traveling to Utah and a mountain came ahead that was on your path, that would be an intervening obstacle.
What are migration patterns and what are examples of it?
They are patterns that show what type of migration and from where or to where it is going.
What are the types of migrational petterns?
Intercontinental- migration that only occurs within the country. Interregional- Movement from still inside a country but from an entire region to another. Intraregional- Movement withen the same country and the same region. Rural-Urban- temporarily or permenant from a rural area to an urban city.
What is migratory movement and what is an example of it?
Migratory movement is when someone moves to a place and never returns. An example is if you moved to the U.S from Peru and you never went back that would be migratory movement.
