Ap Human Geography Unit 3

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Activity space

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The space within which daily activity occurs

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Chain migration

Back 2

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

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Cyclic movement

Back 3

Movement for example nomadic migration that has closed route and his repeated annually or seasonally

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Distance decay

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The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin

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Forced

Back 5

Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

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Gravity model

Back 6

A mathematical formula that describes the level of interaction between two places based on the size of their populations and their distance from each other

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Internal migration

Back 7

Permanent movement within the same country

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Intervening opportunity

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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

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InterContinental migration patterns

Back 9

Permanent movement from one country to another on the same continent

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Inter-regional migration patterns

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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

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Rural urban migration patterns

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The process of people moving from rural areas to cities

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Migratory movement

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The number or body of persons or animals migrating together

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Periodic movement

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Motion that recurs over and over in the period of time required for each reoccurrence Remains the Same

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Personal space

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The physical space immediately surrounding someone into which any encroachment feels threatening to or uncomfortable for them

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Place utility

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The process of increasing the attractiveness of a product to a group of consumers by altering its physical location

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Push pull factors

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Factors that induce people to leave old residences

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Refugee

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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 of a social group or political opinion

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Space-time prism

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Set of all points that can be reached by an individual given a maximum possible speed from a starting point

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Step migration

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A series of shorter less extreme migrations from a person's place of origin to Final Destination such as moving from a farm to a village to a town and finally to a city

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Transhumance

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The action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing around to another in a seasonal cycle typically to lowlands and winter and Highlands in the summer

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Transmigration

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The movement of a soul into another body after death

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Voluntary migration

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Relocation according to personal desires people decide to move to a new place for many reasons and those who voluntary migrate are often motivated by economic reasons and are searching for a better life