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26 Cards in this Set
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Asylum Seeker |
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee
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Brain Drain |
Large-scale emigration by talented people
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Chain Migration |
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
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Circulation |
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
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Counterurbanization |
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries
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Internal Migration |
Permanent movement within a particular country
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International Migration |
Permanent movement from one country to another
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Emigration |
Migration from a location
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Floodplain |
The area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends
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Forced Migration |
Permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors
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Guest Worker |
A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job
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Immigration |
Migration to a new location
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Internally Displaced Person |
Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border |
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Interregional Migration |
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
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Intervening Obstacle |
An enviromental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
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Intraregional Migration |
Permanent movement within one region of a country |
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Migration |
A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location |
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Migration Transition |
A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition |
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Mobility |
All types of movement between location |
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Net Migration |
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration |
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Pull Factor |
A factor that induces people to move to a new location |
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Push Factor |
A factor that induces people to leave old residences |
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Quotas |
In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year |
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Refugees |
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion |
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Unauthorized Immigrants |
People who enter a country without proper documents to do so |
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Voluntary Migration |
Permanent movement undertaken by choice |
