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Migration - AP Human Geography, Chapter 3, Rubenstein

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Asylum seeker   Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee  
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Brain drain   Large-scale emigration by talented people  
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Chain migration   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, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis (ex: commuting to work every day)  
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Counterurbanization   Net migration from urban to rural areas, occurs in more developed countries  
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Emigration   Migration FROM a location  
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Floodplain   The area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends, example of a push factor  
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Forced migration   Permanent movement, usually compelled by political factors  
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Guest worker   A term once used (mostly in the 60s and 70s) for a worker who temporarily migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job.  
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Immigration   Migration TO a new location  
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Internal migration   Permanent movement within a particular country  
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Internally displaced person (IDP)   Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons to a refugee but has not migrated across an international border  
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International migration   Permanent movement from one country to another  
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Interregional migration   Permanent movement from one region of a country to another  
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Intervening obstacle   An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration  
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Intraregional migration   Permanent movement within one region of a country  
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Migration   A form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location  
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Migration transition   A change in a society's migration pattern that results from industrialization, population growth, and other socioeconomic changes that produce the demographic transition (stage 1: movement for food, stage 2: rural to urban, stages 3+4: urban to suburban)  
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Mobility   All types of movement between locations  
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Net migration   The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. A country can have a net in or out migration.  
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Quotas   Laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who immigrate to a country each year  
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Voluntary migration   Permanent movement undertaken by choice  
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