UNIT 2: Chapter 5 - 2.10, Pages 108-114 Flashcards
Migration
The permanent or semi-permanent relocation of people from one place to another.
Voluntary Migration
A movement made by choice
Push Factors
Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present that compels a person to leave.
Pull Factors
Positive conditions and circumstances that attract a person.
Economic Factors
The lack of jobs and economic opportunities.
Social Factors
Discrimination and persecution because of ethnicity, race, gender, or religion. Practice culture safely. Or ties with relatives.
Political Factors
Oppose or agree with the policies of a government; discrimination, arrest, persecution. Move to where they feel safe and have protection.
Environmental Factors
Natural Disasters, drought, and other unfavorable environmental conditions make people move.
Demographic Factors
Gender Imbalance, or imbalance in age.
Migration Transition Model
Argues that countries in stages 2 and 3 of the DTM experience rapid pop. growth and overcrowding. (this overcrowing limits economic opportunities and is a push factor). So people then migrate to stage 4 or 5 countries with less crowding.
Intervening Obstacles
Barriers that make reaching their desired destination more difficult.
Intervening Opportunities
Opportunities that disrupt their original migration plan.
Ravenstien’s Laws of Migration
Short Distances, Urban Areas, Multiple Steps, Rural to Urban, Counter Migration.
Distance Decay
The further two places are, the less likely it is that people will migrate between those places.
Gravity Model of Migration
The model assumes that the size and distance between two cities or countries will influence the amount of interactions that include migration, travel, and economic activity.
