Ap Human Geography: Migration Flashcards

7831243484	Relocation Diffusion	The spread of characteristics from one place to another	0
7831243485	Migration	Permanent movement to a new location	1
7831243486	Mobility	General term for all types of movement from one place to another	2
7831243487	Circulation	Repetitive movement that occurs on a regular basis	3
7831243488	Emigration	Migration from a location; focus is exit	4
7831243489	Immigration	Migration to a location; focus is coming	5
7831243490	Net migration	Difference between immigrants and emigrants	6
7831243491	Voluntary Migration	Migrants chose to move; economic improvement	7
7831243492	Forced Migration	Migrant is compelled to move; political/environmental factors	8
7831243493	International Migration	Permanent movement from one country to another	9
7831243494	Internal Migration	Permanent movement within a country	10
7831243495	Interregional Migration	Movement from one region of a country to another region	11
7831243496	Intraregional Migration	Movement within a region	12
7831243497	Counterurbanization	Urban to rural	13
7831243498	Urbanization	Rural to urban	14
7831243499	Suburbanization	Urban to suburban	15
7831243500	Push Factors	Persuades people to move out of current location	16
7831243501	Pull Factor	Persuades people to move to a new location	17
7831243502	Refugee	Forced to migrate to a new country due to political/ environmental factors and cannot return due to fear of persecution	18
7831243503	Internally Displaced Persons	Forced to migrated with the same country due to same reasons as a refugee	19
7831243504	Asylum Seeker	Someone who migrated to a new country to be recognized as a refugee	20
7831243505	Floodplain	Area subjected to flooding during a specific number of years based on historic trends	21
7831243506	Guest Worker	Immigrants temporary allowed into a country for a job	22
7831243507	Intervening Obstacle	Environmental/ political factor that stops migration	23
7831243508	Intervening Opportunity	Something better presents itself during migration	24
7831243509	Quota	Limits number of immigrants to Usa annually	25
7831243510	Brain Drain	When talented professionals all migrate to the Usa	26
7831243511	Chain Migration	Migration specific to a specific location because of relatives or people of the same nationality	27
7831243512	Unauthorized Immigrants	Immigrants who enter without proper documents	28
7831243513	Undocumented Immigrant	Term used for people who want more rights for unauthorized immigrants	29
7831243514	Illegal Alien	Term for people who want harsher restrictions for unauthorized immigrants	30
7831243515	Step Migration	Migration doesn't happen all at once it happens in steps	31
7831243516	Place Desirability	How desirable a place is for migrants	32
7831243517	Remittances	Money sent back home by migrants to family members in home country	33
7831243518	Rustbelt	Region known for booming industry	34
7831243519	Sunbelt	Region known for warm climate and growing population due to growing job opportunities	35
7831243520	Migration Selectivity	How likely someone is to migrate based on age, income, and level of education	36
7831243521	Activity Space	The area in which you travel on a daily basis	37
7831243522	Friction of distance	Distance decay	38
7831243523	Gravity Model	Useful in predicting migration patterns, estimating the spatial interaction and movement between two places.	39
7831243524	Migration Stream vs. Counterstream	Arrows on a map that show migration paths, for every migration stream there is usually a counterstream	40
7831243525	Diversity	Few immigrants (by lottery)	41
7831243526	Regions with the Largest Flows	Asia to Europe Asia to North America Latin America to North America	42
7831243527	Typical International Flow	Developing to Developed Countries	43
7831243528	Types of Intraregional Migration	Rural to Urban Urban to Suburban Urban to Rural	44
7831243529	Why are visas granted?	Family Reunification and Specific Employment Placement	45
7831243530	What is the percentage of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico?	58%	46
7831243531	What is a environmental pull factor?	Physically attractive areas	47
7831243532	What is an environmental push factor?	Water; too much or too little	48
7831243533	Rural to Urban reasons	Move for economic opportunities	49
7831243534	Urban to Suburban locations	Mostly in developed countries	50
7831243535	Urban to Rural locations	Happening in developed countries	51
7831251502	primitive migration	Human movements that occur when a population runs out of food.	52
7831258870	free migration	The decision to relocate permanently to another location without coercion, support, or compulsion by any group.	53
7831264535	restricted migration	The fact that, in the modern world, there is very little "free" migration because of laws and border regulations. Thus, even when people make a free decision to move, they may not be able to migrate.	54
7831290682	human trafficking	the transportation of people against their will through the use of force, coercion, fraud, or other means.	55
7831298322	child soldiers	Youth that are either forced or impelled to serve as fighters or members of a militia.	56