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19 Cards in this Set
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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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Counterurbanization |
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |
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Emigration |
Migration from a location. |
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Forced migration |
Permanent movement compelled usually 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 northern Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs. |
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Immigration |
Migration to a new location. |
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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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Interregional migration |
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. |
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Intraregional migration |
Permanent movement within one region of a country. |
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Migration |
Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location. |
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Migration transition |
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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Net migration |
The difference between the level of immigration and emigration. |
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Pull factor |
Factor that induces people to move to a new location. |
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Push factor |
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 (or undocumented) immigrants |
People who enter a country without proper documents. Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |
