Chapter Three

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

A permanent move to a new location.

Question 2

Mobility

Answer 2

All types of movement between locations.

Question 3

Circulation

Answer 3

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that occur on a regular basis.

Question 4

Migration Transition

Answer 4

A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from the social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.

Question 5

International Migration

Answer 5

A permanent move from one country to another. (two types)

Question 6

Voluntary Migration

Answer 6

Permanent movement undertaken by choice.

Question 7

Forced Migration

Answer 7

Permanent movement compelled by political, cultural, or environmental factors.

Question 8

Internal Migration

Answer 8

A permanent move within the same country. (two types)

Question 9

Interregional Migration

Answer 9

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. Historically, the main type of interregional migration has been from rural to urban areas in search of jobs.

Question 10

Intraregional Migration

Answer 10

Permanent movement within one region. The main type of intraregional migration has been within urban areas, from older cities to newer suburbs.

Question 11

Emigration

Answer 11

Migration FROM a location.

Question 12

Immigration

Answer 12

Migration TO a location.

Question 13

Net Migration

Answer 13

The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants of a place.

Question 14

Counterurbanization

Answer 14

Net migration from urban to rural areas in developed countries.

Question 15

Push Factor

Answer 15

Induces people to move out of their present location.

Question 16

Pull Factor

Answer 16

Induces people to move into a new location.

Question 17

Intervening Obstacle

Answer 17

An environmental or political feature that hinders migration.

Question 18

Step Migration

Answer 18

Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps toward a final destination.

Question 19

Refugee

Answer 19

People who are forced from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

Question 20

Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

Answer 20

Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.

Question 21

Asylum Seeker

Answer 21

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

Question 22

Floodplain

Answer 22

The area subject to flooding during a specific number of years, based on historical trends.

Question 23

Remittance

Answer 23

The transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.

Question 24

Unauthorized Immigrants

Answer 24

A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so.

Question 25

Quota

Answer 25

A law establishing a maximum limit on the number of people who can immigrate into a country.

Question 26

Brain Drain

Answer 26

Large-scale emigration by talented people.

Question 27

Family Based Migration

Answer 27

The migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.

Question 28

Guest Worker

Answer 28

A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Norther and Western Europe, usually from Souther and Eastern Europe or North Africa, in search of a higher paying job.

Question 29

Circular Migration

Answer 29

The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment. (By letting their people work elsewhere, poorer countries reduce their own unemployment problems. Immigrants also help their native countries by sending remittances back home to their families.)