Migration Test

Question 1

what are the categories of push and pull factors

Answer 1

• economic
• political
• cultural
• environment

Question 2

when predicting movement, who in general is most likely to move?

Answer 2

-young adults
-well educated
the two make up the brain drain

Question 3

what are Ravenstein’s 5 laws? must be able to recite by heart word for word!

Answer 3

1. for every migration there is a counter migration
2. most migration’s are for a short distance
3. a long distance migration is likely to a big city
4. urban residents less likely to migrate than rural
5. families are less likely to move internationally

Question 4

what is step migration

Answer 4

small incremental moves

Question 5

intervening opportunity

Answer 5

positive event that stops you on your way (something better)

Question 6

intervening obstacle

Answer 6

negative event that stops you on your way

Question 7

how do you create an ethnic enclave

Answer 7

1. pioneer migrants (first people to come)
2. kinship links (communication to home country)
3. chain migration (family follows)
4. enclave

Question 8

distance makes any interaction less likely between people goods and ideas

Answer 8

migration patters

Question 9

predicts levels of interaction between two places

Answer 9

gravity index

Question 10

interaction and distance are _____________ related

Answer 10

inversely

Question 11

what is the name of the graph where the axes are interaction and distance

Answer 11

distance decay model

Question 12

what is the gravity index equation

Answer 12

distance between squared

Question 13

in the gravity index equation, the ____________ the number the ________ the likelihood of interaction

Answer 13

higher; greater

Question 14

what are the 5 major historic migration flows

Answer 14

1. south Europe to central/south america (spanish colonization)
2. africa to america (slave trade)
3. north europe to north america (british/french/dutch)
4. britain to asia,africa, australia
5. india to british colonial possessions

Question 15

mass migration didnt occur until after what

Answer 15

european colonization

Question 16

what are the three massive migration patterns in the US?

Answer 16

1. East to West (colonies)
2. south to north (after civil war former slaves moved north and After WW2 the Great Migration)
3. North to South - current day

Question 17

internal migration - russia

- west to east for 3 reasons

Answer 17

1. nazi germany - move manufacturing away from nazis
2. Russification - encourage ethnic russians to move closer together
3. Vladivostok- only ice free port

Question 18

what does ISIS stand for

Answer 18

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Question 19

what does ISIL stand for

Answer 19

Islamic State of Syria and the Leviant

Question 20

what area has taken a single refugee

Answer 20

the countries of the Arabian Peninsula

Question 21

how long has Afghanistan been at war

Answer 21

1980

Question 22

why do farmers find immigrants necessary

Answer 22

no Americans are willing to the the physical labor

Question 23

in one of the videos, there was an argument that if the immigrants were deported they could get Americans to do the hard farm labor by offering more pay. why could this not actually happen

Answer 23

Americans like cheap food. if they pay workers more, the price of food will go up

Question 24

what are WASPs

Answer 24

White Anglo Saxon Protestants

Question 25

in the past, US immigration policy used to be based off of what?

Answer 25

ethnicity

Question 26

currently, US immigration policy is based off of what?

Answer 26

family reinforcement and special skills that help the economy

Question 27

what is proof of immigration used to be based off of ethnicity

Answer 27

- anti Irish because they were Catholic - Chinese Exclusion Act - Gentleman's Agreement - Emergency Quota Act - limited immigration by nation of origin. could only be 2% of 188- census. 150,000 total immigrants per year

Question 28

list proof of how current immigration is based off family reunification

Answer 28

immediate relatives - minor unmarried children, spouses, extended family- parents, siblings, adult children

Question 29

list proof of how current immigration is based off having special skills

Answer 29

- persons of extraordinary ability = masters of their craft- singers, pro athletes, geniuses like Einstein - persons of exceptional ability- people with Ph. D - someone who've given special assistance to US= has at least $500,000 with the intent to create jobs

Question 30

define cyclic movements

Answer 30

involves shorter periods away from home

Question 31

activity spaces-

Answer 31

a daily routine that takes one through a regular sequence of short moves within a local area

Question 32

periodic movements

Answer 32

involves longer periods of time away from home

Question 33

forced migration

Answer 33

involves imposition of authority and power which produces involuntary movement - ex is slavery

Question 34

internal refugees -

Answer 34

have been displaced in their home countries

Question 35

international refugees

Answer 35

crossed one or more international borders during their moves

Question 36

whats the difference between a migrant and a refugee

Answer 36

refugees move without tangible property, they travel by walking, bicycle, wagon, boat, and are displaced, moved without documents

Question 37

how many refugees are estimated to exist in the world today

Answer 37

25 million displaced

Question 38

what are the three primary regions of crisis in sub Saharan African that have generated large refugee numbers

Answer 38

1. Rwanda and the Congo 2. Liberia and Sierra 3. Guinea and the Ivory Coast

Question 39

what group fled Iraq in 1991

Answer 39

Kuwait's Kurdish fled across Turkish-Iranian borders

Question 40

migration selectivity

Answer 40

effects of migration on places of origin and destination

Question 41

migration streams

Answer 41

people move in well defined channels not randomly

Question 42

how many people live outside of the country of their birth

Answer 42

2% or 100 million

Question 43

examples of economic place desirability factors

Answer 43

job availability high wages affordable houses

Question 44

non economic place desirability factors

Answer 44

low crime rates favorable climate clean air

Question 45

what is the limit for permanent immigrant entry into the US per year

Answer 45

675,000

Question 46

14th amendment

Answer 46

anyone born in US is a citizen

Question 47

Afghan refugees are fleeing to

Answer 47

Pakistan

Question 48

describe the Arab spring

Answer 48

revolutionary wave of protests that occurred in the middle east. the problems toppled the regimes in Egypt, Libya, Syria. this caused a civil war between different ethnicity and religious groups

Question 49

where have the Syrian refugees gone

Answer 49

Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt