Ap Human Geography (Rubenstein) Chp.3 Vocab

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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 of 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 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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Emigration

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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 North American and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or 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 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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Intraregional Migration

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Permanent movement within one region of a country.

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Intervening Obstacle

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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

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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 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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Quotas

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In reference to migration, laws that place maximum on the number of people that 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 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.