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24 Cards in this Set
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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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Ciculation
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short term, repetitive , or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis
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Emigration
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migration from a loction
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Counter urbanization
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Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries
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Floodplain
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The are 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 developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from southern and eastern Europe of from north Africa in 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 migration form one country to another
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interregional migration
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permanent migration from on region of a country to another
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inverting obstacles
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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration
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Inrareregional migration
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Permanent movement from 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 economics 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 immigration 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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Quotes
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In references to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country per year
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refugees
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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 immigrants
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People who enter a country without proper documents
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Voluntary migration
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Permanent movement undertaken by choice
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