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AP Human Geography | Chapter 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

Chapter 3 vocabulary for Mr. Gerfers AP Human Geography Class - Migration

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983473534RemittancesMoney migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries.0
983473535Cyclic MovementsMovement - for example, nomadic migration - that has closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally.1
983473536Periodic MovementFor example, college attendance or military service - that involves temporary, recurrent relocation.2
983473537MigrationA change in residence intended to be permanent.3
983473538Activity SpacesThe space within which daily activity occurs.4
983473539NomadismMovement among a definite set of places5
983473540Migrant LaborA common type of periodic movement involving millions of workers in the United States and tens of millions of workers worldwide who cross international borders in search of employment and become immigrants, in many instances.6
983473541TranshumanceA seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock between highland and lowland pastures.7
983473542Military ServiceAnother common form of periodic movement involving as many as 10 million United States citizens in a given year, including military personnel and their families, who are moved to new locations where they will spend tours of duty lasting up to several years8
983473543International MigrationHuman movement involving movement across international boundaries.9
983473544ImmigrationThe act of a person migrating into a particular country or era.10
983473545Internal MigrationHuman movement within a nation-state, such as ongoing westward and southward movements in the United States.11
983473546Forced MigrationHuman migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate12
983473547Voluntary MigrationMovement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity, not because they are forced to move.13
983473548Laws of MigrationDeveloped by British demographer Ernst Ravenstein, five laws that predict the flow of migrants.14
983473549Gravity ModelA mathematical prediction of the interaction of places, the interaction being a function of population size of the respective places and the distance between them.15
983473550Push FactorsNegative conditions and perceptions that induce people to leave their adobe and migrate to a new location16
983473551Pull FactorsPositive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas.17
983473552Distance DecayThe effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction.18
983473553Step MigrationMigration to a distant destination that occurs in stages, for example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city19
983473554Intervening OpportunityThe presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away.20
983473555DeportationThe act of the government sending a migrant out of its country and back to the migrants home country.21
983473556Kinship LinksTypes of push factors or pull factors that influence a migrant's decision to go where family or friends have already found success.22
983473557Chain MigrationA pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links (i.e. one migrant settles in a place and then writes, calls, or communicates through others to describe this place to family and friends who in turn then migrate there)23
983473558Immigration WavePhenomenon whereby different patterns of chain migration build upon one another to create a swell in migration from one origin to the same destination.24
983473559Global Scale MigratiomMigration that takes place across international boundaries and between world regions.25
983473560ExplorersA person examining a region that is unknown to them.26
983473561ColonizationA physical process whereby the colonizer takes over another place, putting its own government in charge and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land.27
983473562Regional ScaleInteractions occurring within a region, in a regional setting.28
983473563Islands of DevelopmentPlace built up by a government or corporation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrastructure..29
983473564RussificationThe Soviet policy to promote the diffusion of Russian culture throughout the republics of the former Soviet Union.30
983473565Guest WorkersLegal immigrant who has a work visa, usually short term.31
983473566RefugeesPeople who have fled their country because of political persecution and seek asylum in another country.32
983473567Internally Displaced PersonsPeople who have been displaced within their own countries and do not cross international borders as they flee.33
983473568AsylumShelter and protection in one state for refugees from another state.34
983473569RepatriationA refugee or group of refugees returning to their home country, usually with the assistance of government or a non-governmental organization.35
983473570GenocideActs committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethical, racial, or religious group.36
983473571Immigration LawsLaws and regulations of a state designed specifically to control immigration into that state.37
983473572QuotasEstablished limits by governments on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year.38
983473573Selective ImmigrationProcess to control immigration in which individuals with certain backgrounds (i.e. criminal records, poor health, or subversive activities) are barred from immigrating.39

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