unit 2 vocab quiz 3 Flashcards
people who temporarily migrate to another country for work
guest workers
the money guest workers send back to their families or home countries
remittances
the process of people moving into a country from another country
immigration (into)
the process of leaving one’s country to settle into another
emigration (exit)
when people are forced out of their country due to circumstances beyond their control
forced migration
people who have to leave their country due to dangers like war to seek saftey
refugees
when people move from cities to rural areas
counter urbanization
when people move to a new place because family members or people from their community have moved there
chain migration
people who move to a new place in stages (a village to a town, then a city, then a large metropolitan area)
step migration
when highly skilled or educated people leave their home country to work in another. often happens for better job opportunities or a higher salary
brain drain
reasons that encourage people to leave their current location
push factors
finding a good chance or option along the way that makes you stop before reaching your final destination
intervening opportunity
how migration patters change as a country develops
zelinsky migration transition model
a set of principles that describes patters and trends in human migration
ravensteins laws of migration
explains that larger and closer places have stronger interactions, like migration or trade
gravity model
