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| 4938290315 | Relocation Diffusion | The spread of characteristics from one place to another | 0 | |
| 4938290316 | Migration | Permanent movement to a new location | 1 | |
| 4938290317 | Mobility | General term for all types of movement from one place to another | 2 | |
| 4938290318 | Circulation | Repetitive movement that occurs on a regular basis | 3 | |
| 4938290319 | Emigration | Migration from a location; focus is exit | 4 | |
| 4938290320 | Immigration | Migration to a location; focus is coming | 5 | |
| 4938290321 | Net migration | Difference between immigrants and emigrants | 6 | |
| 4938290322 | Voluntary Migration | Migrants chose to move; economic improvement | 7 | |
| 4938290323 | Forced Migration | Migrant is compelled to move; political/environmental factors | 8 | |
| 4938290324 | International Migration | Permanent movement from one country to another | 9 | |
| 4938290325 | Internal Migration | Permanent movement within a country | 10 | |
| 4938290326 | Interregional Migration | Movement from one region of a country to another region | 11 | |
| 4938290327 | Intraregional Migration | Movement within a region | 12 | |
| 4938290328 | Counterurbanization | Urban to rural | 13 | |
| 4938290329 | Urbanization | Rural to urban | 14 | |
| 4938290330 | Suburbanization | Urban to suburban | 15 | |
| 4938290331 | Push Factors | Persuades people to move out of current location | 16 | |
| 4938290332 | Pull Factor | Persuades people to move to a new location | 17 | |
| 4938290333 | Refugee | Forced to migrate to a new country due to political/ environmental factors and cannot return due to fear of persecution | 18 | |
| 4938290334 | Internally Displaced Persons | Forced to migrated with the same country due to same reasons as a refugee | 19 | |
| 4938290335 | Asylum Seeker | Someone who migrated to a new country to be recognized as a refugee | 20 | |
| 4938290336 | Floodplain | Area subjected to flooding during a specific number of years based on historic trends | 21 | |
| 4938290337 | Guest Worker | Immigrants temporary allowed into a country for a job | 22 | |
| 4938290338 | Intervening Obstacle | Environmental/ political factor that stops migration | 23 | |
| 4938290339 | Intervening Opportunity | Something better presents itself during migration | 24 | |
| 4938290340 | Quota | Limits number of immigrants to Usa annually | 25 | |
| 4938290341 | Brain Drain | When talented professionals all migrate to the Usa | 26 | |
| 4938290342 | Chain Migration | Migration specific to a specific location because of relatives or people of the same nationality | 27 | |
| 4938290343 | Unauthorized Immigrants | Immigrants who enter without proper documents | 28 | |
| 4938290344 | Undocumented Immigrant | Term used for people who want more rights for unauthorized immigrants | 29 | |
| 4938290345 | Illegal Alien | Term for people who want harsher restrictions for unauthorized immigrants | 30 | |
| 4938290346 | Step Migration | Migration doesn't happen all at once it happens in steps | 31 | |
| 4938290347 | Place Desirability | How desirable a place is for migrants | 32 | |
| 4938290348 | Remittances | Money sent back home by migrants to family members in home country | 33 | |
| 4938290349 | Rustbelt | Region known for booming industry | 34 | |
| 4938290350 | Sunbelt | Region known for warm climate and growing population due to growing job opportunities | 35 | |
| 4938290351 | Migration Selectivity | How likely someone is to migrate based on age, income, and level of education | 36 | |
| 4938290352 | Activity Space | The area in which you travel on a daily basis | 37 | |
| 4938290353 | Friction of distance | Distance decay | 38 | |
| 4938290354 | Gravity Model | Useful in predicting migration patterns, estimating the spatial interaction and movement between two places. | 39 | |
| 4938290355 | Migration Stream vs. Counterstream | Arrows on a map that show migration paths, for every migration stream there is usually a counterstream | 40 | |
| 4938290356 | Diversity | Few immigrants (by lottery) | 41 | |
| 4938290357 | Regions with the Largest Flows | Asia to Europe Asia to North America Latin America to North America | 42 | |
| 4938290358 | Typical International Flow | Developing to Developed Countries | 43 | |
| 4938290359 | Types of Intraregional Migration | Rural to Urban Urban to Suburban Urban to Rural | 44 | |
| 4938290360 | Why are visas granted? | Family Reunification and Specific Employment Placement | 45 | |
| 4938290361 | What is the percentage of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico? | 58% | 46 | |
| 4938290362 | What is a environmental pull factor? | Physically attractive areas | 47 | |
| 4938290363 | What is an environmental push factor? | Water; too much or too little | 48 | |
| 4938290364 | Rural to Urban reasons | Move for economic opportunities | 49 | |
| 4938290365 | Urban to Suburban locations | Mostly in developed countries | 50 | |
| 4938290366 | Urban to Rural locations | Happening in developed countries | 51 |
