Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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Brain drain

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large-scale emigration by talented people

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Chain migration

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Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

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Circulation

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Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

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Counterurbanization

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Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

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Emigrations

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Migration from a location

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Floodplain

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The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends

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Forced migration

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Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

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Guest workers

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Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, ini search of higher paying jobs.

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Immigration

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Migration to a new location

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Internal Migration

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Permanent movement within a particular country

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International migration

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Permanent movement from one country to another.

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Interregional migration

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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

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Intervening obstacle

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An enviromental or cultural feature of the landscape that henders migration.

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Intraregional migration

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Permanent movement within one region of a country

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Migration

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Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location

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Migration transition

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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

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All types of movement from one location to another

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Net migration

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The difference between the level of immagration and the level of emigration

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Pull factor

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Factor that induces people to move to a new location

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Push factor

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Factor that induces people to leave old residences

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Quotas

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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

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People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return from fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion

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Unauthorized immigrants

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People who enter into a country without proper documents

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Voluntary migration

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Permanent movement undertaken by choice.