chapter 3 vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| asylum seeker | someone who has migrated to another country in hope of being recognized as a refugee |
| brain drain | large scale emigration by talented people |
| chain migration | migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
| circulation | short term repetitive or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis |
| counterurbanization | net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries |
| emigration | migration from a location |
| floodplain | the area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends |
| forced migration | permanent movement, usually compelled by cultural factors |
| guest worker | a term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of northern and western Europe, usually from southern and eastern Europe or from north America, in search of a higher-paying job |
| immigration | migration to a new location |
| internal migration | permanent movement within a particular country |
| internally displaced person | someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border |
| international migration | permanent movement from one country to another |
| interregional migration | permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
| intervening obstacle | an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
| migration | a form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location |
| migration transition | a change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition |
| mobility | all types of movement between location |
| net migration | the difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration |
| pull factor | a factor that induces people to move to a new location |
| push factor | a factor that induces people to leave old residence |
| quotas | in reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year |
| refrugees | 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 |
| unauthorized immigrants | people who enter a country without proper documents to do so |
| voluntary migration | permanent movement undertaken by choice |
| gravity model | an inverse relationship between volume of migration and distance to the destination |
| environmental/ political/ economic | 3 push/pull factors |
| war/ social/ cultural/ persecution | political push factors |
| wanting a better life in the future | economic push factors |
| location on a river/ flood plain | environmental push factors |
| free of war/ social/ cultural persecution | political pull factors |
| refugees tend to stay close to home when migrating because they feel a sense of comfort where they speak a fimiilar language and have a familiar culture | refugee movement |
| internal migration-- intraregional or interregional | migration patterns |
| intraregional migration | Permanent movement within one region of a country |
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