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AP Human Geography

chapter 2 from rubenstein

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Brain drain Large-scale emigration by talented people
Chain migration Migration of people to a specific location becasue relatives or members of the same mationality 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 MDCs
Emigration Migration FROM a Location
Floodplain The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends
Forced migration Pernament movement compelled usuallly by cultural factors.
Guest workers workers who migrate to MDC in search of higher-paying jobs.
Immigration migration TO a new location
Internal migration Pernament movement within a particular country.
International migration Pernament movemnet from one country to another.
Interregional migration Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
Intervening obstacle An environmental or cultral feature of the landscape that hinders migraton.
INTRAregional migration Permanent movement within one region of a country.
Migration From of relocation diffusion involving pernament 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 factors Factors that induce people to move to a new location.
Push factors Factors that induce people to leave old residences.
Quota In reference to migration, a law that places 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.
Undocumented immigrants People who enter a country without proper documents
Voluntary migration Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
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