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AP Human Geography Chapter 3 Migration Vocab

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Brain Drain   large scale emigration of talented people  
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Chain Migration   the migration of people to a specific location, because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there  
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Circulation   short-term, repetitive cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis  
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Counterurbanization   net migration from urban to rural areas  
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Emigration   migration from a location (leaving a location)  
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Floodplain   the area subject to flooding during a specific number of years, based on historical trends  
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Forced Migration   the migrant has been compelled to move by cultural factors  
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Guest Workers   citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in Western Europe and the Middle East  
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Immigration   migration to a location (entering a location)  
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Internal Migration   permanent movement within the same country  
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International (Transnational) Migration   permanent movement from one country to another  
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Interregional Migration   movement from one region of the country to another  
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Intraregional Migration   movement within one region  
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Migration   permanent move to a new location  
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Migration Transition   consists of changes in a society comparable to those in the demographic transition, a change in the migration pattern in a society  
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Mobility   more general term covering all types of movements from one place to another  
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Net Migration   the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location  
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Pull Factor   induces people to move into a new location  
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Push Factor   induces people to leave from their present location  
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Quotas   maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the US from each country during a one year period  
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Refugees   people who have been forced to migrate from their homes and cannot return for fear of persecution because of a certain factor  
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Undocumented Immigrants   unauthorized immigrants entering a country without proper documents  
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Voluntary Migration   the migrant has chosen to move for economic improvement  
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