The ability to move freely between places, permanently or temporarily.

A permanent move from one place to another.

The difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants in a place.

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

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

Large-scale emigration by talented people

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

The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment

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

Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.

Permanent movement compelled by cultural or environmental factors.

A term once used for a worker who migrated to developed countries in search of a higher-paying job.

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 (typically political) feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

Intraregional migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

A factor that makes people want to move to a new location like economic opportunity or more freedoms.

A factor that makes people want to leave their country, like warfare or famine.

A law that places a maximum limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

Someone who is forced to migrate from his or her home country and cannot return for fear of persecution due to their race, religion, political opinion, etc.

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

Unauthorized immigrant

A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so.

Permanent movement undertaken by choice, not force.

Internally displaced person (IDP)

A person who is displaced, but they are still within their home country and haven't crossed an international border.

The children of an unauthorized family, born on U.S. soil, to gain a legal foothold in the United States.

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APHUG Unit 2 (Ch 3)

Term	Definition
Mobility	The ability to move freely between places, permanently or temporarily.
Circulation	Repetitive acts of mobility
Migration	A permanent move from one place to another.
Emigration	Migration FROM a location
Immigration	Migration TO a location
Net Migration	The difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants in a place.
Natural Increase Rate (NIR)	The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
Asylum seeker	Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
Brain Drain	Large-scale emigration by talented people
Chain Migration	Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
Circular migration	The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment
Counterurbanization	Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
Desertification	Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.
Forced Migration	Permanent movement compelled by cultural or environmental factors.
Guest Worker	A term once used for a worker who migrated to developed countries in search of a higher-paying job.
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 (typically political) feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
Intraregional migration	Permanent movement within one region of a country.
Pull Factor	A factor that makes people want to move to a new location like economic opportunity or more freedoms.
Push factor	A factor that makes people want to leave their country, like warfare or famine.
Quota	A law that places a maximum limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year
Refugee	Someone who is forced to migrate from his or her home country and cannot return for fear of persecution due to their race, religion, political opinion, etc.
Remittance	Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
Unauthorized immigrant	A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so.
Voluntary migration	Permanent movement undertaken by choice, not force.
Internally displaced person (IDP)	A person who is displaced, but they are still within their home country and haven't crossed an international border.
Anchor Babies	The children of an unauthorized family, born on U.S. soil, to gain a legal foothold in the United States.

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