AP Human Geography Modules 16-17 Vocab

Voluntary Migration

Migration that is done willingly

International Migration

When moves are made across national borders

guest worker

a person with temporary permission to work in another country

transnational migration

When migrants move back and forth between their home countries and those to which they have migrated

internal migration or interregional migration

When people move within the borders of a country

Great Migration

The twentieth-century movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural southern states to the cities of the midwestern and northeastern states

Rural-to-urban migration

when people move from the countryside to cities

residential mobility

Moves that occur within a metropolitan area

step (or stepwise) migration

Migration carried out in a series of stages, usually from nearby to bigger and more distant places

Chain Migration

The process by which some people's migration to a new place leads their family members, friends, and others to move to the same place

return migration

Migrants going back, or returning, to their previous place of residence or origin

Black Belt

Ethnic homeland in the U.S. South

Seasonal Migration

Migration based on the time of year

Transhumance

A phenomenon where herders and their livestock move seasonally between their summer and winter pastures

mobility transition model

Geographer Wilbur Zelinsky's conclusion that there are regularities in migration as an essential component of a country's modernization process

circulation

short term and cyclical movement that occurs repeatedly on a regular basis

Forced Migration

Migration caused by forces out of one's control, such as disasters, social conflicts, or developmental projects

Refugees

People who leave their country because of persecution based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political opinion

Internationally Displaced Person (IDP)

someone who remains within his or hers country's borders despite being persecuted by their home country

ethnic cleansing

the forced removal of one ethnic group by another ethnic group to create an ethnically consistent territory

repatriated

When refugees or displaced persons return to their home country

Diaspora

involuntary mass dispersions of a population from it home territory