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36 Cards in this Set
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activity space |
area within your circulation |
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brain drain |
large scale emigration by talented people |
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brain gain |
large scale immigration by talented people |
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chain migration |
migration of people because relatives or members previously migrated there |
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circulation |
short term, repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis |
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diaspora |
the scattering of a group of people |
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distance decay function |
the further people are apart the less interaction in between them (why would latinas move to north america rather than europe) |
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emigration |
migration from a location |
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immigration |
migration to a location |
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forced migration |
migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors |
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voluntary migration |
migrant has chosen to move usually because of economic reasons, sometimes environmental |
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gravity model |
a model that tells how many people that are in that location and why people move there |
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guest worker |
migrated for higher paying job (usually from another country) |
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internal migration |
migration within a country |
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international migration |
migration out of a country |
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intervening obstacle |
a feature that hinders migration |
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intervening opportunity |
a one time chance to migrate for improvement |
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migration transition |
a change in the migration pattern that is from industrialization, population, etc also produces the demographic transition |
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migration stream |
total number of moves made during migration that have a common origin and destination |
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migration selectivity |
the tendency for certain types of people to migrate |
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mobility |
your ability to move |
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counterurbanization |
moving from urban to rural |
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net migration |
the difference between immigrants and emigrants (immigrants-emigrants) |
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periodic movement |
movement that happens over and over |
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push factors |
factor that induces people out of a country |
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pull factor |
factor that induces people into a country |
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refugee |
someone who is forced to move out of their country due to fear for their special group |
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refugee |
someone who is forced to move out of their country due to fear for their special group |
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remittances |
transfer of money by workers to the country which they were emmigrants |
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refugee |
someone who is forced to move out of their country due to fear for their special group |
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remittances |
transfer of money by workers to the country which they were emmigrants |
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step migration |
the process of movement from one place to another to temporarily settle then move somewhere else |
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time contract workers |
immigrant that workers for a certain period of time in a different country |
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transhumance |
the seasonal migration of livestock or traditional herders |
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urbanization |
increase of people in urban settlements |
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suburbanization |
increase of people in an urban area but outside the central city |
