CH 5 Flashcards

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Mobility

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All types of movement from one location to another

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2
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Circulation

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

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3
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Human migration

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The permanent movement of humans from one place to another

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4
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Emigrant

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Movement AWAY from a location
A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere

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5
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Immigrant

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Movement TO a location
A person who comes to live permanent in a foreign country

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6
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Net migration

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The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration

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7
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Gravity model of migration

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Derived from newton’s law of gravity, and used to predict the degree of migration interaction between two places.
Model predicts:
1. As the population of a city increases, migration to the city increases
2. As the distance to a city grows, migration to that city decreases

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8
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Push factors

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Negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

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Pull factors

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Positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

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10
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Voluntary migration

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When people make the CHOICE to move to a new place

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Forced migration

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People are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors

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12
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Transnational migration

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Immigrants to a new country retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties to their country of origin and may regularly return for visits

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13
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Internal migration

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Movement within a country’s borders

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14
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Friction of distance

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The longer the journey is - the more time, effort and cost it will involve

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15
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Transhumance

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A form of migration practiced by nomads who move herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer and lower elevations during the winter

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16
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Chain migration

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Form of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community (or family) have previously moved there

17
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Step migration

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Migration to a distant destination that occurs in a stages, fro example, from farm to nearby village and later a town and city

18
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Intervening obstacle

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An occurrence that holds migrants back

19
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Intervening opportunity

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An occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

20
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Rural-urban migration

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The movement of people from the countryside to the city

21
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Guest worker

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Migrants who travel to a new country as temporary laborers (example : Bracero program - 1942 - 1964. Series of diplomatic accords between Mexico and U.S. permitted millions of Mexican men to work illegally in the United States on short-term labor contracts)

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Circular migration

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When migrant workers move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they might work temporary jobs

23
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Distance decay

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The effects of Sid trance on interaction, generally the greater they distance the less interaction

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Refugees

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A person who has been forced to leave their country for fear of persecution or death

25
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Asylum

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Request made by migrants in which. They are seeking the right to protection in a new country

26
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Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

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People who are forced to flee their homes but remain WITHIN their country’s borders

27
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Human trafficking

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“The recruitment, transportation, transfer, or receipt of persons, by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion)” - United Nations
Form of modern day slavery
Traffickers prey on those vulnerable (homeless, runaways, youth, poor immigrants, those that have experienced trauma)

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Repatriate

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To return to one’s country of origin

29
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Interregional Migration

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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

30
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Intraregional migration

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Permanent movement within one region of a country

31
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Quotas

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Limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year

32
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Kinship links

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Networks of relatives or friends

33
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Skills gap

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Shortage of people trained in a particular industry - in a country’s workforce. Qualified immigrants can reduce the skills gap

34
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Remittances

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Money earned by emigrants that is sent back to family and friends in their home countries - to family members that remain in the country of origin

35
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Brain drain

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Refers to the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another - often richer - country

36
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Relocation diffusion

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The spread of an idea through migration