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26 Cards in this Set
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Asylum seeker (p. 92) |
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee. |
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Brain drain (p. 96) |
Large-scale emigration by talented people. |
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Chain migration (p. 97) |
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. |
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Circulation (p. 78) |
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. |
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Counterurbanization (p. 91) |
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |
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Emigration (p. 78) |
Migration from a location. |
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Floodplain (p. 92) |
The area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends. |
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Forced migration (p. 80) |
Permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors. |
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Guest Worker (p. 95) |
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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Immigration (p. 78) |
Migration to a new location. |
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Internal migration (p. 80) |
Permanent movement within a particular country. |
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Internally Displaced Person (IDP) (p. 92) |
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 (p. 80) |
Permanent movement from one country to another. |
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Interregional migration (p. 80) |
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. |
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Intervening obstacle (p. 96) |
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. |
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Intraregional migration (p. 80) |
Permanent movement within one region of a country. |
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Migration (p. 78) |
A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location. |
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Migration transition (p. 79) |
A 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 (p. 78) |
All types of movement between locations. |
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Net migration (p. 78) |
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. |
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Pull factor (p. 92) |
A facor that induces people to move to a new location. |
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Push factor (p. 92) |
A factor that induces people to leave old residences. |
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Quotas (p. 96) |
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 (p. 92) |
People who are forced to migrate from their home ountry 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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Unauthorized immigrants (p. 98) |
People who enter a country without proper documents to do so. |
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Voluntary migration (p. 80) |
Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |