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Chapter 3 HG terms
Term | Definition |
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Activity Spaces | the space within which daily activity occurs |
asylum | the right to protection in the first country in which a refugee arrives |
china migration | a type of migration that occurs when the migrant chooses a destination and talks to others at home about that place. encourages similar background to also move to that place |
colonization | physical process whereby a colonizer takes over another place |
cyclic movement | a type of movement that involves shorter periods away from home than periodic movement |
deportation | the act of a government sending a migrant out of that country and into their home country |
Distance Decay | the effects of distances on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction |
Emigration | the process of moving out of an area |
Explorer | a person examining a region unknown to them |
Forced migration | a type of migration that involves the imposition of authority or power producing a involuntary migration |
Genocide | acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part |
Global scale Migration | Migration that takes place across international boundaries and between world regions |
Gravity model | An idea by Raven-stein that suggest that interaction between places is based on their population size and distance between them |
Guest worker | Legal immigrant who has work visa, usually short term |
immigration | the process of moving into an area |
Immigration laws | rules and regulations designed specifically to control immigration into a place |
Immigration waves | what happens when multiple chain migrations occurs and a swell of migrants come into one destination from another |
Internal migration | migration that occurs within the boundaries of a single country |
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | people who have been displaced within their own countries and don't cross international border as they flee |
International Migration | movement across country borders |
Intervening Opportunity | Employment option that can effect where someone moves |