Unit 3 - Migration Geography

Question 1

This is used to know if a country’s population is increasing or decreasing through migration.

Answer 1

Net Migration

Question 2

This is the migration to a place.

Answer 2

Immigration

Question 3

This is the migration from a place.

Answer 3

Emmigration

Question 4

These are the two factors which refers to the reasons why people migrate.

Answer 4

Push and Pull Factors

Question 5

What are the Three Push Factors?

Answer 5

Economic Push Factor
Cultural Push Factor
Environmental Push Factor

Question 6

What are the Three Pull Factors?

Answer 6

Economic Pull Factor
Cultural Pull Factor
Environmental Pull Factor

Question 7

This type of push factor is the most common reason why people migrate. Lack of jobs makes it hard for them to earn a living and support their families. Hence, they migrate.

Answer 7

Economic Push Factor

Question 8

This factor is a little ambiguous since the concept of culture is broad. However, we can cite religious or political persecutions as examples of this factor.

Answer 8

Cultural Push Factor

Question 9

Unfavorable physical conditions like flood-prone areas of earthquake zones or too cold or too hot climates may cause people to move to more environmentally attractive places.

Answer 9

Environmental Push Factor

Question 10

People go to places where there is a better chance of finding a job. Hence, Metro Manila is a magnet for people from different provinces who are seeking employment.

Answer 10

Economic Pull Factors

Question 11

The most common pull factor here concerns people who are looking for a place where they can be free to express their religious or political beliefs.

Answer 11

Cultural Pull Factor

Question 12

Physically desirable places to live where the climate is pleasant and where outdoor activities are possible.

Answer 12

Environmental Pull Factors

Question 13

This means a permanent move within a country.

Answer 13

Internal Migration

Question 14

What is the historical migration that is a best example of internal migration?

Answer 14

African American in the United States from the South to the North.

+ African Americans from the agricultural South were recruited to work in the industrial North to fill jobs created by World War I and World War II.

Question 15

This occurs when people from a particular country migrate to specific place because their relatives or countrymen previously migrated there.

Answer 15

Chain Migration

Question 16

This is the term used to call communities of immigrants living close together.

Answer 16

Enclaves

Question 17

This refers to the money immigrants send back to their relatives in their home countries, which can be quite a substantial income source for them.

Answer 17

Remittances

Question 18

This refers to Filipinos who work abroad.

Answer 18

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)

Question 19

OFWs has also been hailed as ____ because their sacrifices brought financial gains both for their families and for the country as well through their remittances.

Answer 19

Mga Bagong Bayani

Question 20

This refers to when the smartest, highly educated, and most driven community members are attracted by better job opportunities and financial stability away from their home countries.

Answer 20

Brain Drain

Question 21

This refers to people who had no choice but to leave their home countries through forced migration.

Answer 21

Refugees

Question 22

This refers to people who are forced to migrate from their home communities to another region of their home country.

Answer 22

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

Question 23

This is the body of law that governs the United States’ current immigration policy.

Answer 23

Immigration and Nationality Act (ACT)

Question 24

Through INA, U.S. can grant up to _____ permanent immigrant visas each year across various visa categories.

Answer 24

675,000

Question 25

This allows the U.S. president after due consultation with the U.S. Congress to set an annual number of refugees that could be admitted to the American soil.

Answer 25

U.S. Refugee Resettlement Process

Question 26

This refers to people who enter a country without proper documentation.

Answer 26

Undocumented Immigrants