AP Human Ch. 3 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Chain migration | Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
| Forced migration | Permanent movement, usually compelled by political factors |
| Floodplain | The area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends, example of a push factor |
| Counterurbanization | Net migration from urban to rural areas, occurs in more developed countries |
| Circulation | Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis (ex: commuting to work every day) |
| Immigration | Migration TO a new location |
| Intraregional migration | Permanent movement within one region of a country |
| Internal migration | Permanent movement within a particular country |
| Migration | A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location |
| International migration | Permanent movement from one country to another |
| Guest worker | A term once used (mostly in the 60s and 70s) for a worker who temporarily migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job. |
| Emigration | Migration FROM a location |
| Asylum seeker | Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee |
| Mobility | All types of movement between locations |
| Interregional migration | Permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
| Brain drain | Large-scale emigration by talented people |
| Quotas | Laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who immigrate to a country each year |
| Internally displaced person (IDP) | Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons to a refugee but has not migrated across an international border |
| Voluntary migration | Permanent movement undertaken by choice |
| Net migration | The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. A country can have a net in or out migration. |
| Intervening obstacle | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
| Migration transition | A change in a society's migration pattern that results from industrialization, population growth, and other socioeconomic changes that produce the demographic transition (stage 1: movement for food, stage 2: rural to urban, stages 3+4: urban to suburban) |
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