Migration and Human Movement Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering migration concepts, patterns of human movement, and related demographic terms.

Push factor

Conditions and perceptions which cause a migrant to leave a country.

Intervening Opportunity/Obstacle

Prospects and events that arise and cause a migrant to never reach their final destination.

Nomadism

Movements along annual routes repetitively for survival following animals.

Cyclic movement

Your activity space or commuting is an example of

Voluntary Migration

Migration where individual options and choices are weighed by the migrant.

Interregional migration

Moving across country to a new region.

Chain Migration

Movement that follows kinship links.

Periodic movement

college students, military personnel, and transhumance would be examples of what

Step Migration

Moving to a village, then a town, eventually a small, then metropolis

Internally Displaced Person(s)

People within a country forced away from their homes.

Refugee

A person who has a well-founded fear of racial, religious, or political persecutions and emigrates.

Pull factor

Large amounts of jobs and perceptions of an increased standard of living represents a(n)

Asylum

Safe haven offered by countries to members of persecuted groups.

Brain drain

Large-scale emigration of talented people.

Remittances

Monies being sent across country borders to support family and friends.