Ap Human Geography Chapter 3 Vocabulary Flashcard
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Brain Drain
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Large scale emigration by talented people
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Chain Migration
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Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
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Circulation
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Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
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Counterurbaniztion
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Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
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Emigration
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Migration from a location.
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Floodplain
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The area subject to a flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
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Forced Migration
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Permanent movement compelled by cultural factors.
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Guest Workers
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Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher paying jobs.
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Immigration
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Migration to a new location.
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Internal Migration
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Permanent movement within a particular country.
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International Migration
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Permanent movement from one country to another.
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Interregional Migration
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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
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Intervening Obstacle
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An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
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Intraregional Migration
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Permanent movement within a region of a country.
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Migration
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Form of relocation diffusion involving s permanent move to a new location..
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Migration Transition
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Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes, that also produce the demographic transition.
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Mobility
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All types of movement from one location to another,
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Net Migration
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The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.
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Pull Factor
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Factor that induces people to move to a new location
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Push Factor
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Factor that induces people to leave old residences.
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Quotas
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In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a county each year.
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Refugees
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People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear or persecution because of their race, religion, nationality membership in a social group, or political opinion.
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Unauthorized Immigrants
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People who enter a country without proper documents.
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Voluntary Migration
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Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
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Asylum Seeker
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Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
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Internally Displaced Person
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Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
