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21 Cards in this Set
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Island of Development |
A place (such as a coastal city) established by European colonialism that is well founded in trade. |
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Kinship links |
Types of push or pull factors that influence a migrants decision to go where family or friends have already found success |
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Laws of migration |
A set of rules created by Ernst Ravenstein to answer why people volunarily migrate |
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Migrant labor |
A common type of periodic movement involving millions of worker in the US and tens of millions of workers worldwide who across international borders in search of employment and become immigrants, in many instances |
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Migration |
A type of movement that implies a degree of permanence. The mover may never return “home” |
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Military service |
Form of periodic movement involving as many as 10 million US citizens in a given year, including military personnel and their families, who are moved to new locations where they will spend tours of duty lasting up to several years |
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Nomadism |
A type of cyclical movement. This is a type of movement that is a matter of survival, culture, and tradition. It’s becoming less and less common. Movement around a definite set places. |
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Periodic movement |
A type of movement that involves longer periods away from home then cyclic movement (ex. A college student that only comes home in the summer, migrant labor, or military service) |
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Pull factor |
A condition that would make someone want to come to an area |
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Push factor |
A condition that would make someone want to leave an area |
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Quotas |
Limits put into place by governments on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year |
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Refugees |
People who have fled their country because of political persecution and seek protection in the other country |
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Regional scale |
Interactions occurring within a region, in a regional setting |
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Remittances |
Money that migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in poorer countries |
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Repatriation |
A process of returning refugees to their homelands after the violence or turmoil in those places ceases. |
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Reverse remittances |
Flow of money from families in home country to their undocumented migrant families members. Example: Mexican families giving money to undocumented migrant workers in the USA |
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Russification |
The soviet policy to promote the diffusion of Russian culture throughout the republics of the former Soviet Union |
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Selective immigration |
Process to control immigration in which people with certain backgrounds ( example: criminal records, poor health, or subversive activities) are not allowed to immigrate |
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Step migration |
A type of migration that involves moving in small increments overtime in order to eventually end up in one place (This is usually a rural to urban move) |
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Transhumance |
A specialized form of periodic movement in pastoral farming in which ranchers move livestock according to the seasonal availability of pastures |
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Voluntary Migration |
A type of migration that may occur after a migrant weighs option and choices. This type of migration can be analyzed and understood |
