| Question |
Answer |
| Chain migration |
when one family member migrates to a new country and the rest of the family follows shortly after |
| Transhumance |
Seasonal migration of live stock between mountains and lowland pasture areas. |
| Cyclic movement |
trends in migration and other processes that have a clear cycle |
| Distance Decay |
When contact between two groups diminishes because of the distance between them. |
| Refugee |
People forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in social group, or political opinion. |
| Forced Migration |
People removed from their countries and forced to live in other countries because of war, natural disaster, and government. ( |
| Push Pull Factors |
Factors which make a person move to a country and factors that make people leave a country. |
| Gravity Model |
Predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it. |
| Rural and Urban Migration Patterns |
permanent movement from suburbs and rural area to urban city area |
| Internal Migration |
Permanent movement within a particular country. |
| Interregional Migration Patterns: |
Permanent movement from one region of the country to another. |
| Intervening Opportunity |
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that helps migration. |
| Intercontinental Migration Patterns: |
Permanent movement from one country to a different country on the same continent. |
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