Unit 2 Flashcards (migration)

Question 1

Brain drain

Answer 1

the emigration (out-migration) of knowledgeable, well-educated, and skilled professionals from their home country to another country.

Question 2

Chain migration (migration ladder)

Answer 2

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.

Question 3

Distance decay

Answer 3

theory that states that as the distance between two places increases, the interaction between those two places decreases (farther apart less communication)

Question 4

Ethnic enclaves

Answer 4

a high number of people from the same ethnic group within a geographic area, distinct from the people in the areas around them. (Diff socially and economically)

Question 5

Guest worker

Answer 5

Legal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term. (foreign national who is permitted to live and work temporarily in a host country.)

Question 6

Internally displaced person (IDP)

Answer 6

Is a refugee who has not migrated across an international border.

Question 7

Interregional migration

Answer 7

Movement from one region to another

Question 8

Intraregional migration

Answer 8

Movement within one region

Question 9

Pull factors

Answer 9

Induces people to move into a new location (attraction)

Question 10

Push factors

Answer 10

Induces people to move out of their present location (less attractive)

Question 11

Ravenstein’s laws

Answer 11

“Laws of migration” distinct demographic patterns related to migration changing social, economic, and political roles for females.

Law 1: women more likely move internally within a country and males move more internationally.
Law 2: most migrants are young adults and seeking employment
Law 3: people only move as far as they must, most migrants only move short distances.
Law 4: when migrants move large distances they typically do so in steps “step migrations”
Law 5: migration flow in one direction would produce a counter flow in the opposite direction.
Law 6: rural areas to urban areas for economic reasons
Law 7: migrants who move long distances will go to large urban areas
Law 8: more people will be attracted to large cities even if they are far away.

Question 12

Refugee

Answer 12

Have been forced to migrate to another country

Question 13

Remittances

Answer 13

Payments sent home by migrants

Question 14

Xenophobia

Answer 14

a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers. And people from different cultures