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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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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.
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