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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Definitions for the 32 vocabulary words in Chapter 3.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cyclic Movement | A form of movement that begins at home base and returnees the same base. |
| Activity Spaces | Places where daily activities are performed. |
| Snowbirds | Retired people who move from colder US states and Canada and then move to warmer states for the winter. |
| Pastoralism | A type of cyclic movement in which farmers move livestock throughout the year to find better pastures. |
| Transhumance | Migration in which livestock live in highlands during the summer and lowlands in the winter. |
| Relocation Diffusion | Spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth by people moving and taking the idea with them. |
| International Migration | People moving to a different country with the intent of staying there. |
| Emigrants | A person who permanently leaves their home country. |
| Immigrants | A person who permanently enters a new country. |
| Net Migration | Difference between the emigrants and immigrants of a country. |
| Refugees | Migrants who leave their county due to political persecution and seek asylum elsewhere. |
| Remittances | Money that migrants send back to their family and friends who still live iin their home country. |
| Reverse Remittances | Money from home countries to migrants in other countries. |
| Guest Workers | Migrants who move to different countries for a limited time in order to find work. |
| Islands of Development | Cities in developing countries where foreign investment us concentrated and rural migrants are drawn. |
| Internal Migration | People who move to a different part of their home country with the intent to stay. |
| Diaspora | Dispersion of people from their homeland to a new place. |
| Assimilation | When a culture loses some of its traits to adopt to a dominant culture. |
| Human Trafficking | Forced migration in which people are sold for work or the sex trade. |
| Gulags | Forced prison or labor camps. |
| Distance Decay | Decreasing chance of diffusion farther away from its hearth. |
| Gravity Model | Urban geography model that determines the segregation of interaction and migration between two places. |
| Push Factor | Factors a migrant thinks of when their leaving their home country. |
| Pull Factors | Factors a migrant thinks of to choose a country to migrate to. |
| Intervening Opportunity | An opportunity near a migrants location which diminishes the appeal of sites further away. |
| Unauthorized or Undocumented Migrants | Migrants which are not legally allowed to be in their current country. |
| Coyotes | People who help Latin Americans cross the US border, for a high fee. |
| Chain Migration | Permanent movement to another country, following family links. |
| Repatriation | A refugee or refugees returning to their country and being provided government assistance. |
| Asylum Seekers | Migrant who claims protection as a refugee in a different country. |
| Internally displaced persons (IDP’s) | People displaced from their home countries who do not cross international boundaries. |
| Bracero Program | Laws and agreements between the US and Mexico to encourage more Mexicans to migrate to the US for work. |
Created by:
Lucas Booher
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