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34 Cards in this Set
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Chain Migration
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The social process by which immigrants from one place to a particular city or neighborhood
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Cyclic Movement
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Nomadic seasonal human/animal migration that is repeated every year
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Emigrant
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People who move out of a country or region
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Forced Migration
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"Permanent movement compelled by force.
For example: native americans forced off their land and onto reservations, and slavery |
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Immigrant
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People who move in to a country or region
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Internally Displaced Person
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People who have been forced to move within their own countries but do not cross international borders as they flee
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Interregional Migration
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Internal migration from one region to another region within a country
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Intervening Obstacle
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Any forces or factors that may limit humans migration
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Intraregional Migration
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Internal migration within a region within a country
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Migration Transition
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The change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other changes that also produce demographic transitions
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Net Migration
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The number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants
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Pull Factor
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A positive perception about a location that motivates a person to move there
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Push Factor
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A negative perception about a location that motivates a person to move away from there
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Quotas
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Limits that governments put in the number of immigrants they allows into their countries
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Refugee
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People who are forced to migrate from their home country for fear of persecution or death
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Remittance
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Transfers of money by a foreign worker to a person in his/her home country
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Rural-Urban Migration
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A population shift from rural (farming) areas to urban (city) areas
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Voluntary Migration
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Permanent migration undertaken by choice
For Example: STEM graduates moving to rich countries for better pay " |
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International Migration |
A permanent move from one country to another |
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Internal Migration |
A permanent move within the same country |
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Step Migration |
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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Migratory Movement |
Movement that consists of one person migrating from one place to another |
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Periodic Movement |
Movement - for example, college attendance or military service - that involves temporary, recurrent relocation |
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Distance Decay Model |
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin |
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Transhumance |
The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures. |
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Ravenstein's Laws of Migration |
Relates to the distance people travel to their new homes. 1. Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain in the same country 2. Long distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of economic activity |
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Genocide |
The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence |
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Counterurbanization |
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |
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Asylum Seeker |
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee |
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Guest Worker |
A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher paying job. |
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Brain Drain |
Large scale emigration by talented people |
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Unauthorized Immigrants |
People who enter a country without proper documents to do so |
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Deportation |
The action of deporting a foreigner from a country. |
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Source Country |
Where someone came from |
