Large-scale emigration by talented people

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.

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

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

Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors.

Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.

Permanent movement within a particular country.

international migration

Permanent movement from one country to another.

interregional migration

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

intraregional migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

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

Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.

All types of movement from one location to another.

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

Factor that induces people to move to a new location.

Factor that induces people to leave old residences.

In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

unauthorized immigrants

People who enter a country without proper documents.

Permanent movement undertaken by choice.

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee

internally displaced person

Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border

transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.

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AP GEO CH 3

Adams HCHS AP Human Geo. Rubenstein Ch3

Question	Answer
brain drain	Large-scale emigration by talented people
chain migration	Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there.
circulation	Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
counterurbanization	Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
emigration	Migration from a location.
floodplain	The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
forced migration	Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors.
guest worker	Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.
immigration	Migration to a new location.
internal migration	Permanent movement within a particular country.
international migration	Permanent movement from one country to another.
interregional migration	Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
intervening obstacle	An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
intraregional migration	Permanent movement within one region of a country.
migration	Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location
migration transition	Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.
mobility	All types of movement from one location to another.
net migration	The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.
pull factor	Factor that induces people to move to a new location.
push factor	Factor that induces people to leave old residences.
quota	In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.
refugees	People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
unauthorized immigrants	People who enter a country without proper documents.
voluntary migration	Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
asylum seeker	Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee
internally displaced person	Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border
remittance	transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.

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