Chapter 3-1 Human Geography

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Activity Spaces

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The space within which daily activity occurs

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Asylum

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The right to protection in the first country in which a refugee arrives

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Chain Migration

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When a migrant chooses a destination and convinces others that lived near them to move as well

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Colonization

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The physical process when the colonizer takes over a place and puts it government in charge of moving people over or or bringing in outsiders to gain control of the people and land

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Cyclic Movement

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A type of movement that involves shorter periods away from home than periodic movement

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Deportation

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The act of a government sending a migrant out of its country and back to the migrants home country

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Distance Decay

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The effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction

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Emigration

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The process of moving out of an area. This subtracts from and areas population

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Explorer

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A person examining a region that is unknown to them

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Forced Migration

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A type of migration that involves the imposition of authority or power, producing involuntary migration

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Genocide

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Acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group

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Global-Scale Migration

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Migration that takes place across international boundaries and between world regions

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Gravity Model

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An ide by Ravenstein that suggests that interaction between places is based on their population size and distance between them

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Guest Worker

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Legal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term

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Immigration

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The process of moving into an area. This adds to the areas population

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Immigration Laws

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Laws and regulations designed specifically to control immigration into a place

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Immigration Wave

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Whe multiple chain migrations occur and a swell of migrants come to one destination from another

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Internal Migration

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Migration that occurs within the boundaries of a single country

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Internally Placed Persons (IDPs)

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People who have been displaced within their own countries and do not cross international borders as they flee

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Internal Migration

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Movement across country borders. Sometimes referred to as transitional migration

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Intervening Opportunity

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When employment options affect where someone moves. They may have intended to move to one place but a new option encourages them in a certain area.