AP human geography Unit 3 Migration

Circulation

Short term, repetitive or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

Counter urbanization

Net migration from urban to rural areas in developed countries

Floodplain

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

Guest worker

Worker that migrated to the developed countries of north and west Europe usually in search of a higher paying job

Mobility

All types of movements between locations

Intervening obstacle

An environmental or cultural feature of the land that slows down migration (Ex Oceans and mountains)

Push factors 

A factor that causes people to leave and exit a old location

Pull factor

A factor that causes people move and go to a new location

Unauthorized/illegal immigrant

A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so

Remittance 

Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from where they emigrated

Refugees

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return due to fear of persecution

Hiring site

Location where an employer hires new employees in need of jobs and complete required paperwork

Asylum seeker

Someone who has migrated to another country hoping to be recognized as a refugee

Brain drain

Large scale emigration by talented people

Quota

A law that puts maximum limits on how many people can immigrate to a country each year

Most people move from

Rural to urban or interregionally