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Chapter 3 KTs
Chapter 3 Key Terms Rubenstein
Question | Answer |
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The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants in a given area. | net migration |
Net migration from urban to rural areas is called | Counterurbanization |
All types of movement from one location to another | Mobility |
Migration of people to a location where relatives or members of the same nationality live. | Chain migration |
The act of leaving a place to live somewhere else | Emigration |
Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location | Migration |
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion | Refugees |
Migration to a new location | Immigration |
Short-term, repetitive, cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. | Circulation |
Permanent movement undertaken by choice | Voluntary migration |
Permanent movement within one region of a country | Intraregional migration |
Permanent movement from one country to another | International migration |
Factor that induces people to leave old residences | Push factor |
Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors | Forced migration |
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration | Intervening obstacle |
Change in migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition | Migration transition |
A large-scale emigration by talented people | Brain drain |
In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. | Quotas |
Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher paying jobs | Guest workers |
People who enter a country without proper documents | Undocumented immigrants |
Factor that induces people to move to a new location | Pull factor |
Permanent movement within one region of a country to another | Interregional migration |
Permanent movement within a particular country | Internal migration |