9/23/2022 AP HuG Quiz

@@Asylum@@ :: the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee

@@Brain Drain@@ :: the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country

@@Chain Migration@@ :: the social process by which immigrants from a particular area follow others from that area to a particular destination

@@Circulation@@ :: short-term, repetitive, cyclic movements that recur on a regular basis

@@Counter-Migration@@ :: a migration in the opposite direction

@@Guest Workers@@ :: a person with temporary permission to work in another country

@@Interregional Immigration@@ :: movement within a country from one region to another

@@Intraregional Immigration@@ :: movement within a country and within a region

@@Migration Transition@@ :: idea that through development, countries experience a transition over time from predominantly migrant-sending to migrant-receiving, and emigration eventually falls to zero

@@Mobility@@ :: all types of movement from one place to another

@@Net Migration@@ :: difference of number of people to immigrate to and emigrate from in a country (i - e)

@@Quotas (Quota Laws)@@ :: Established limits by governments on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year

@@Ravenstein’s Law of Migration@@ :: every migration flow generates a return or counter-migration

@@Exurbanites@@ :: people who have left the inner city and moved to outlying suburbs or rural areas

@@Remittance@@ :: Money sent from immigrants to their family/friends in their home countries

@@Center of Population@@ :: a geographical point that describes a center point of the region’s population

@@Cyclic Movement@@ :: short-term, repetitive, cyclic movements that recur on a regular basis

@@Geographic Center@@ :: a country’s physical center point

@@Transhumance@@ :: the action or practice of seasonally moving livestock around to other pasture grounds in a cycle.

@@Cotton Belt@@ :: the region of the United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 18th century into the 20th century

@@Rust Belt@@ :: the geographic region stretching from New York to the Midwest that was once dominated by the coal industry, steel production, and manufacturing

@@Sun Belt@@ :: Geographical region in the United States that stretches from Florida and Virginia all the way to Nevada and southern California