APHG 2.10-2.12 Migration (tprosk)

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mobility

All types of movement from one location to another.

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Circulation

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements of people that recur on a regular basis.

<p>Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements of people that recur on a regular basis.</p>
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Migration

A permanent move to a new location.

<p>A permanent move to a new location.</p>
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Net Migration

the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants (determines whether migration raises or lowers your population)

<p>the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants (determines whether migration raises or lowers your population)</p>
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Forced Migration

Human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.

<p>Human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.</p>
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Voluntary Migration

movement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity; not forced.

<p>movement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity; not forced.</p>
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Emigration

movement of individuals out of an area

<p>movement of individuals out of an area</p>
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Immigration

Movement of individuals into a population

<p>Movement of individuals into a population</p>
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Internal Migration

Permanent movement within a particular country.

<p>Permanent movement within a particular country.</p>
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International Migration

Permanent movement from one country to another.

<p>Permanent movement from one country to another.</p>
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Interregional Migration

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.

<p>Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.</p>
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Intraregional migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

<p>Permanent movement within one region of a country.</p>
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Migration Transition

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.

<p>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.</p>
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Ravenstein's Law

11 principles that describe most common patterns in migration. For example: 1) Most migrants move only a short distance. 2) females are more migratory than males within the areas of their birth, but males more frequently venture beyond; 3) most migrants are young adults; families rarely migrate out of their country of birth

<p>11 principles that describe most common patterns in migration. For example: 1) Most migrants move only a short distance. 2) females are more migratory than males within the areas of their birth, but males more frequently venture beyond; 3) most migrants are young adults; families rarely migrate out of their country of birth</p>
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Counterurbanization

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.

<p>Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.</p>
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Asylum Seeker

a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.

<p>a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.</p>
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Guest Worker

a foreign laborer living and working temporarily in another country

<p>a foreign laborer living and working temporarily in another country</p>
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Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders

<p>someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders</p>
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Pull Factor

A positive factor that draws or attracts people to another location

<p>A positive factor that draws or attracts people to another location</p>
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Push Factor

negative home conditions that encourage the decision to migrate

<p>negative home conditions that encourage the decision to migrate</p>
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Refugee

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

<p>A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster</p>
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Step Migration

Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages, for example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city

<p>Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages, for example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city</p>
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Brain Drain

the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country.

<p>the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country.</p>
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Chain Migration

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

<p>migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there</p>
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Intervening Obstacle

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

<p>An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.</p>
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intervening opportunity

The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away.

<p>The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away.</p>
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Quotas

In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.

<p>In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.</p>
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Remittances

Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries

<p>Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries</p>
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Unauthorized Immigration

People who enter a country without proper documents to do so

<p>People who enter a country without proper documents to do so</p>
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transnational migration

regular movement of a person between two or more countries resulting in a new cultural identity (i.e. nuyorrican)

<p>regular movement of a person between two or more countries resulting in a new cultural identity (i.e. nuyorrican)</p>
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friction of distance

A measure of how much the distance affects the interaction between two places.

<p>A measure of how much the distance affects the interaction between two places.</p>
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repatriate

send (someone) back to their own country

<p>send (someone) back to their own country</p>
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human trafficking

the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation

<p>the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation</p>
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circular migration

repeated movement between two or more places, either within or between countries

<p>repeated movement between two or more places, either within or between countries</p>
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Great Migration

Movement of African Americans from the rural South to the North in the first half of the 1900s for jobs and increased freedom

<p>Movement of African Americans from the rural South to the North in the first half of the 1900s for jobs and increased freedom</p>