first 12 Flashcards
asylum
shelter and protection in one state for refugees from another state
activity (action) space
the space within daily activity occurs
chain migration
pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links
(migrants settling in a place & communications to others to come too)
colonization
physical process whereby the colonizer takes over another place, putting its own govt. in chargr and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land
cyclic movements
movement- for example, nomadic migration- that has a closed route and its repeated annually or seasonally
distane decay
the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction
explorer
a person examining a region that is unknown to them
forced migration
human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate
gravity model
a mathematical prediction of the interaction being a function of population size of the respective places and the distance between them
guest workers
legal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term
immigration laws
laws and regulations of a state designed specifically to control immigration into that state
immigration wave
phenomenon whereby different patterns of chain migration build upon one another to create a swell in migration from one origin to the same destination