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AP Human Chpt 3
Question | Answer |
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Brain Drain | Large-scale emigration by talented people. |
Chain Migration | Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. |
Circulation | Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. |
Counterurbanization | Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. |
Emigration | Migration from a location. |
Floodplain | The area subject during a given number of years according to historical trends. |
Forced Migration | Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors. |
Guest Workers | Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs. |
Immigration | Migration to a new location. |
Internal Migration | Permanent movement within a particular country. |
International Migration | Permanent movement from one country to another. |
Interregional Migration | Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. |
Intervening Obstacle | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. |
Intraregional Migration | Permanent movement within one region of a country. |
Migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location. |
Migration Transition | Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition. |
Mobility | All types of movement from one location to another. |
Net Migration | The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. |
Pull Factor | Factor that induces people to move to a new location. |
Push Factor | Factor that induces people to leave old residences. |
Quotas | In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. |
Refugees | People who are forced to migrate from their home country country for fear of persecution. |
Undocumented Immigrants | People who enter a country without proper documents. |
Voluntary Migration | Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |