Ap Human Geography: Migration Flashcards
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| 7762691167 | relocation diffusion | The spread of characteristics from one place to another |  | 0 |
| 7762691168 | migration | Permanent movement to a new location |  | 1 |
| 7762691169 | mobility | General term for all types of movement from one place to another |  | 2 |
| 7762691170 | circulation | Repetitive movement that occurs on a regular basis |  | 3 |
| 7762691171 | emigration | Migration FROM a location |  | 4 |
| 7762691172 | immigration | Migration TO a location |  | 5 |
| 7762691173 | net migration | Difference between immigrants and emigrants. |  | 6 |
| 7762691174 | voluntary migration | When a migrant willing choses to move. |  | 7 |
| 7762691175 | Forced Migration | When a migrant moves against their will. |  | 8 |
| 7762691176 | international migration | Permanent movement from one country to another |  | 9 |
| 7762691177 | internal migration | Permanent movement within a country |  | 10 |
| 7762691178 | interregional migration | Movement from one region of a country to another region of the same country |  | 11 |
| 7762691179 | intraregional migration | Movement within a region |  | 12 |
| 7762691180 | counterurbanization | The process of urban to rural migration; most common in MDCs. |  | 13 |
| 7762691181 | urbanization | The process of rural to urban migration; most common in LDCs. |  | 14 |
| 7762691182 | suburbanization | The process of urban to suburban migration. |  | 15 |
| 7762691183 | push factors | Considerations that persuades someone to move out of current location. |  | 16 |
| 7762691184 | pull factor | Considerations that persuades someone to move to a new location. |  | 17 |
| 7762691185 | refugee | Someone forced to migrate to a new country due to political/ environmental factors and who cannot return due to fear of persecution. |  | 18 |
| 7762691186 | internally displaced persons (IDP) | A forced or reluctant migrant who has fled their home as a refugee but who has not migrated across an international border. |  | 19 |
| 7762691187 | asylum seeker | Someone who migrated to a new country to be recognized as a refugee |  | 20 |
| 7762691188 | floodplain | Area subjected to flooding during a specific number of years based on historic trends |  | 21 |
| 7762691189 | guest worker | An immigrant temporarily allowed into a country to obtain work (common in Europe in the 1960s and 70s). |  | 22 |
| 7762691190 | intervening obstacle | Environmental/ political factor that stops migration |  | 23 |
| 7762691191 | quota | The maximum limit on the number of immigrants to a country. |  | 24 |
| 7762691192 | brain drain | When talented professionals from LDCs migrate to MDCs. |  | 25 |
| 7762691193 | chain migration | Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previoulsy migrated there. |  | 26 |
| 7762691194 | unauthorized (or undocumented) Immigrants | Immigrants who enter without proper documents |  | 27 |
| 7762691195 | remittances | Money sent back home by migrants to family members in home country |  | 28 |
| 7762691196 | Regions with the Largest Flows | Asia to Europe Asia to North America Latin America to North America | 29 | |
| 7762691197 | Typical International Flow | Developing (LDCs) to Developed (MDCs) Countries | 30 | |
| 7762691198 | Types of Intraregional Migration | Rural to Urban Urban to Suburban Urban to Rural | | 31 |