Exam 3 Human Geography

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Asylum Seeker

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Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee brain

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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 memebers of the same nationality previously migrated there

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Circular Migration

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The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.

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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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Emigration

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Permanent or semi-permanent movement 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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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, in search of higher paying jobs

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Immigration

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Permanent or semi-permanent movement to a new location

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Internal migration

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Permanent movement within a particular country

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Internally displaced person

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Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border

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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 environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders 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 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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Net migration

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

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Pull Factors

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Factors that induce people to move to a new location

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Push factors

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Factors that induce people to leave old residences

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Quota

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In reference to migration, a law that places 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 for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion

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Remittance

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Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated

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Unauthorized Immigrants

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People who enter a country without proper documents