Ap Human Geography: Migration Flashcards
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| 9854925911 | Relocation Diffusion | The spread of characteristics from one place to another |  | 0 |
| 9854925912 | Migration | Permanent movement to a new location |  | 1 |
| 9854925913 | Mobility | General term for all types of movement from one place to another |  | 2 |
| 9854925914 | Circulation | Repetitive movement that occurs on a regular basis |  | 3 |
| 9854925915 | Emigration | Migration from a location; focus is exit |  | 4 |
| 9854925916 | Immigration | Migration to a location; focus is coming |  | 5 |
| 9854925917 | Net migration | Difference between immigrants and emigrants. Result can be net in-migration (+) or net out-migration (-). |  | 6 |
| 9854925918 | Voluntary Migration | Migrants chose to move; economic improvement |  | 7 |
| 9854925919 | Forced Migration | Migrant is compelled to move; political/environmental factors |  | 8 |
| 9854925920 | International Migration | Permanent movement from one country to another |  | 9 |
| 9854925921 | Internal Migration | Permanent movement within a country |  | 10 |
| 9854925922 | Interregional Migration | Movement from one region of a country to another region |  | 11 |
| 9854925923 | Intraregional Migration | Movement within a region |  | 12 |
| 9854925924 | Counterurbanization | Urban to rural |  | 13 |
| 9854925925 | Urbanization | Rural to urban |  | 14 |
| 9854925926 | Suburbanization | Urban to suburban |  | 15 |
| 9854925927 | Push Factors | Persuades people to move out of current location |  | 16 |
| 9854925928 | Pull Factor | Persuades people to move to a new location |  | 17 |
| 9854925929 | Refugee | Forced to migrate to a new country due to political/ environmental factors and cannot return due to fear of persecution |  | 18 |
| 9854925930 | Internally Displaced Persons | Forced to migrated with the same country due to same reasons as a refugee |  | 19 |
| 9854925931 | Asylum Seeker | Someone who migrated to a new country to be recognized as a refugee |  | 20 |
| 9854925932 | Floodplain | Area subjected to flooding during a specific number of years based on historic trends |  | 21 |
| 9854925933 | Guest Worker | Immigrants temporary allowed into a country for a job |  | 22 |
| 9854925934 | Intervening Obstacle | Environmental/ political factor that stops migration |  | 23 |
| 9854925935 | Quota | Maximum limits to number of immigrants to USA annually, per country. |  | 24 |
| 9854925936 | Brain Drain | When talented professionals all migrate to the USA or another region |  | 25 |
| 9854925937 | Chain Migration | Migration specific to a specific location because of relatives or people of the same nationality |  | 26 |
| 9854925938 | Unauthorized (or undocumented) Immigrants | Immigrants who enter without proper documents |  | 27 |
| 9854925939 | Remittances | Money sent back home by migrants to family members in home country |  | 28 |
| 9854925940 | Regions with the Largest Flows | Asia to Europe Asia to North America Latin America to North America | 29 | |
| 9854925941 | Typical International Flow | Developing (LDCs) to Developed (MDCs) Countries | 30 | |
| 9854925942 | Types of Intraregional Migration | Rural to Urban Urban to Suburban Urban to Rural | | 31 |