AP Human Geography-Collegeboard/Ap Central Unit II: Migration(Basic Vocabulary and Concepts)

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intercontinental migration
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Permanent movement from one country to a different country on the same continent. Ex.~movment across country or ocean
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interregional migration
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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. Ex.~movement from Texas to Wisconsin
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rural-urban migration
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Permanent movement from suburbs and rural area to the urban city area. Ex.~countryside to Houston
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migratory movement
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movement that consists of one or more persons migrating from one place to another Ex.~potator famine and the Irish moving to the U.S.
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personal space
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the surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy Ex.~A conversation may be awkward if one person breaches the others personal space.
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place utility
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adding value to products by having them where people want them Ex.~front store display
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space-time prism
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a diagram of the volume of space and the length of time within which our activities are confined by constraints of our bodily needs and the means of mobility at our command Ex.~eating, resting
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transmigration
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the relocation of people away from overpopulated core regions to less crowded areas Ex.~Indonesia has a policy of moving people away from Java
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