Chapter 3

Question 1

Which state has the highest percent of immigration?

Answer 1

California: 19.4%

Question 2

Which state has the second highest percent of immigration?

Answer 2

New York: 13.5%

Question 3

Which state has the third highest percent of immigration?

Answer 3

Florida: 10.4%

Question 4

Which state has the fourth highest percent of immigration?

Answer 4

Texas: 9.4%

Question 5

Which state has the fifth highest percent of immigration?

Answer 5

New Jersey: 5.4%

Question 6

Which state has the sixth highest percent of immigration?

Answer 6

Illinois: 3.6%

Question 7

What percent of immigration is from other states?

Answer 7

38.3%

Question 8

Where do most migrants who move to Brazil live?

Answer 8

In a string of cities near the east/Atlantic coast.

Question 9

What are the three main eras of U.S. immigration?

Answer 9

1. Colonial Settlement in the 17th and 18th centuries
2. Mass European immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
3. Asian and Latin American immigration in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Question 10

Why do people migrate from rural to urban areas?

Answer 10

Economic advancement in urban areas; declining opportunities in rural areas.

Question 11

What are Ravenstein’s laws regarding migration?

Answer 11

People migrate for economic reasons, cultural and environmental reasons, with push factors making people leave and pull factors attracting them.

Question 12

Which countries received the most remittances?

Answer 12

India, China.

Question 13

What is the trend of unaccompanied minor migrants to the U.S.?

Answer 13

The trend has increased in recent years.

Question 14

What are the types of immigration policy?

Answer 14

1. Maintain the current level of immigration
2. Increase the level of immigrants
3. Reduce the level of immigrants
4. No policy for immigration
5. Selective immigration policies.

Question 15

Which states have the highest unauthorized immigrants?

Answer 15

California and Texas have the highest number of unauthorized immigrants; Nevada has the highest percentage.

Question 16

What has been the flow of European immigrants since 2014?

Answer 16

Escalating rapidly, mostly refugees from the Middle East (e.g., Syria).

Question 17

What has caused the decline of birth rate in Europe?

Answer 17

Low population growth rate due to permanent departures and declining fertility rates.

Question 18

Where are most people internally migrating to within the United States?

Answer 18

East to West and from North to South

Most migrate to the Sunbelt.

Question 19

Which cities have become destinations for African-Americans?

Answer 19

New Orleans, St. Louis, Atlanta (NOT Florida).

Question 20

Which migration group was NOT forced by persecution?

Answer 20

Mexicans leaving Mexico; they are unauthorized immigrants.

Question 21

Which type of person is most likely willing to move?

Answer 21

Single, male, 25 years old.

Question 22

Which countries supplied the first wave of immigrants to the U.S. during the early 19th century?

Answer 22

England, Ireland, Germany.

Question 23

What geographic region is most affected by the movement of refugees?

Answer 23

Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest number of international refugees.

Question 24

What is a refugee and why are they forced to migrate?

Answer 24

A refugee is someone forced to flee due to war, natural disasters, or famine.

Question 25

Which group migrated to Southeast Asia cities because of islands of development?

Answer 25

The Chinese migrated to work in trade, commerce, and finance.

Question 26

What is chain migration?

Answer 26

The movement of people to a specific location because of relatives or members of the same nationality already there.

Question 27

What is the gravity model?

Answer 27

The gravity model shows an inverse relationship between the volume of migration and the distance to the destination.

Question 28

Where did Great Britain ship convicts as it became a penal colony?

Answer 28

Australia.

Question 29

What are Ravenstein's five laws of migration?

Answer 29

1. Every migration flow generates a return or counter migration. 2. The majority of migrants move a short distance. 3. Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose big-city destinations. 4. Urban migrants are less migratory than rural inhabitants. 5. Families are less likely to make international moves than young adults.

Question 30

Where did most African slaves go in the Caribbean and Americas?

Answer 30

Brazil (most), British North America (least).

Question 31

What is the average amount of time people move in the U.S.?

Answer 31

On average, Americans move every 6 years.

Question 32

Which general directions are Americans moving in the last few decades?

Answer 32

Migration has generally gone from east to west and north to south.

Question 33

When was the time period of industrial migration of African-Americans up north?

Answer 33

1920s-1940s.

Question 34

What is migration?

Answer 34

Migration is a change in residence intended to be permanent.

Question 35

What is periodic movement?

Answer 35

Periodic movement is short-term seasonal migration.

Question 36

What is a coyote?

Answer 36

A coyote is a person who helps illegal immigrants enter a country for money.

Question 37

What is cyclic movement?

Answer 37

Cyclic movement is daily movement for work, shopping, school, or visiting friends.