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Chapter 3 human geo
vocab words for chptr 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Brain Drain | large-scale emigration by talented people |
| Chain Migration | people moving to an area because their family or friends moved there |
| Circulation | movements that happen on a regular basis |
| Counterurbanization | set migration for urban to rural areas in MDCs |
| Emigration | moving FROM a location |
| Floodplain | area subjected to flooding due to history |
| Forced Migration | permanent movementd forced by cultures |
| Guest Workers | workers who move from Northern/Western Europe in search of higher paying jobs. |
| Immigration | moving TO a location |
| Internal Migration | permanent movement within a country |
| Interregional Migration | permanent movement from one country to another |
| Migration | permanent move to a new location (form of relocation diffusion) |
| Migration Transition | a chinge in a migration pattern |
| Mobility | all types of movement from one place to another |
| Net Migration | differences between level of immigration & level of emigration |
| Pull Factor | tells people to move into a new location |
| Push Factor | tells people to move out of present location |
| Quotas | a law that states the maximum limit of immigrants a year |
| Refugees | people who are forced to migrate and can not return to their homelands, due to fear of persecution |
| Undocumented Immigrations | people who enter country without permisson |
| Voluntary Migration | permanent movement by choice |