ap geo chapter 3

what is migration?

a permanent move to another country

what is emigration?

migration from a location

what is immigration?

migration to a location

what is net migration?

the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants

what is net in migration

if the number of immigrants exceeds the number of emigrants (positive)

what is net out migration?

if the number of emigrants exceeds the number of immigrants (negative)

what is internal migration?

a permanent move within the same country

what is interregional migration?

movement from one region of a country to another

what is intraregional migration?

movement within one region

what is a push factor?

something that induces people to move out of their present location

pull factor

something that induces people to move into a new location

what is a refugee?

a person who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid conflicts or disasters and cannot return for fear of persecution

what is an internally displaced person?

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

who is an asylum seeker?

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

what is a guest worker?

an immigrant from a poorer country who is allowed to temporarily immigrate to a more developed country to work for better pay.

what is an intervening obstacle?

an environmental or political feature that hinders migration

what is a brain drain?

a large scale emigration by talented people

what is chain migration

migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

what is urbanization?

the move from rural areas to towns and cities

what is suburbanization?

move from cities to the suburbs

what is counterurbanization?

net migration from urban to rural areas

what are quotas?

laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

what is a migration transition?

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

what is a floodplain?

the area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends