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AP HUG U2B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Migration | Permanent relocation of people (push and pull factors) |
| Emigration | Migration from a place |
| Immigration | Migration to a place |
| Net Migration | The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants |
| Circulation | Short term, repetitive movements that occur on a regular basis |
| Ravenstein's Laws | 1) The distance that migrants typically move 2) The reasons migrants move 3) The characteristics of migrants |
| Push Factor | Negative conditions of a place that drives people out of it |
| Pull Factor | Positive conditions of a place that makes people want to go there |
| Refugee | A person forced to migrate to another country because of the state of their coutnry |
| Intervening Obstacle | Factors that hinders people from reaching their destination |
| Voluntary International Migration | People choosing to move for opportunities |
| Forced Migration | People are compelled to leave due to reasons beyond their control |
| Intraregional Migration | Movement within a region |
| Interregional Migration | Movement between two distinctive countries |
| Migration Transition Model | Migration pattern changes between different stages of the DTM |
| Chain Migration | A person migrating to a place where there are people that they know already |
| Quotas | Limit on the number of people that can immigrate into a country |
| Brain Drain | Large-scale emigration of skilled people |
| Guest Workers | People from LDCs can obtain jobs in MDCs temporarily |
| Nativism | Favoring native born people over immigrants |
| Counter Urbanization | Diffusion of people from urban to rural areas |
| Remittance | Transfer of money by workers to people in the country they emigrated from |