Human geography AP (test 3)

Dependency ratio

The number of people in a dependent age group divided by the number of people in the working age group multiplied by 100

Transnational migration

Migration from one country to another country

Intervening opportunity

An opportunity that causes migrants to voluntary stop traveling

Asylum seekers

People who flee their own country and seek sanctuary in another country

IDPS

Someone who has been forced to flee their home but never crosses an international border

Guest workers

Migrants who travel internationally to find work as temporary laborers

Step migration

Migrants reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller movements

Transhumance

Traditional migration of nomadic herders that move their livestock from high elevations in the summer and lower elevations in the winter

arithmetic density

The total number of people divided by the total land area

agricultural density

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

Internal migration

Migrants that travel within a country’s borders

Intervening obstacles

Barriers that hold migrants back from continuing to travel

Refugees

Identify three push factors that can influence a persons migration decisions:

1. Job loss
2. Natural disasters
3. War

Identify three pull factors that can influence a persons migration decisions

1. Job opportunities
2. Desirable climate + landscape
3. Peace