Chapter 3 Terms

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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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A type of migration that occurs when the migrant chooses a destination and talks to others at home about the place. This then encourages others from a similar background to move to the same place.

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Colonization

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Physical process whereby the colonizer takes over another place, putting its own government in charge and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land (example: 13 colonies)

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Cyclic movement

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A type of movement that involves shorter periods away from home then periodic movement (ex. Commuters)

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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 migrant’s 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 (example: long distance relationships)

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Emigration

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The process of moving out of an area. This subtracts from the area’s 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 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 idea 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 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 area’s 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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This is what happens when 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 displaced 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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International migration

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This is movement across country borders. Sometimes it’s referred to as transnational migration.

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Intervening opportunity

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This is a situation like an employment option that can effect where someone moves. They may have intended on moving somewhere else, but a new option encourages them in a certain area.