UNIT 3 Flashcards

1
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Brain Drain

A

Large scale emigration by talented people.

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2
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Chain Migration

A

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

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3
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Circulation

A

short term reptitive or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

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4
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Counterurbanization

A

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.

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5
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Emigration

A

migration from a location

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6
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Floodplain

A

The area subject to flooding during a given number if years according to historical trends.

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7
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Forced Migration

A

permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

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8
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Guest workers

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workers who imgrate to the more developed countries of northern and western europe usually from southern and eastern europe or from north africa in search of higher paying jobs.

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9
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Immigration

A

Migration to a new location

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10
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Internal Migration

A

migration movement within a particular country

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11
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Ineternational migration

A

permanent movement from one country to another

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12
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Interregional migration

A

movement from one region of a country to another

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13
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Intervening obstacle

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an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

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14
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Migration

A

form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location

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15
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Mobility

A

all types of movements from one location to another location

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16
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Net migration

A

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

17
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Pull factor

A

factor that induces people to move into an area

18
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push factor

A

factor that pushes people to move into another area

19
Q

quotas

A

in reference to migration laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to another country each year

20
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Refugees

A

people who are forced to move out of their home country and cannot return due to several reasons.

21
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unauthorized immigrants

A

people who enter a country without proper documents

22
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Voluntary migration

A

permanent movement undertaken by choice