geo test ch. 3 – Flashcards
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The long-term relocation of an individual, household, or group to a new location outside the community of origin is called
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Migration
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Which of the following is not one of Ernst Ravenstein's laws of migration?
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Migration is.... over a short distance, occurs in steps, move to urban areas, produce movement in opposite direction, rural are more migratory than urban, females more than males but males more over long distances, most are adults, large towns grow more than natural increase, increases with economic development, mostly due to economic causes
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A person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion is officially a:
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refugee
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Studies have shown that people make the decision to migrate based upon:
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economic reasons
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How are periodic movements different from cyclical movements? Examples
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periodic- movement away from home for a longer period (migrant labor, military, transhumance) cyclical- movement away from home for a short period (commuting, seasonal movement, nomadism)
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What are push and pull factors? Which is more accurately perceived?
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a push factor induces people to move out of their present location while a pull factor induces people to move into a new location. PUSH FACTORS
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Today one form of forced migration comes in the form of:
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counter-migration, when governments send back migrants caught entering their country illegally
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Chain migration occurs when:
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the migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
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Between 1788 and 1838 tens of thousands of convicts were shipped from Britain to which of the following continents?
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Australia
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Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?
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cultural
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Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration compared it to what other model? And which stage of this other model do we see the most international migration verses internal migration?
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demographic transition. stage 2
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The most important pull factor as well as catalyst for migration is what?
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economic
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A physical feature, such as a body of water, which hinders migration is an example of
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intervening obstacles
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Which factor (or catalyst) most often causes a voluntary migration?
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economic reasons
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Be able to identify examples of historic forced migrations
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The Slave Trade. STUDY NOTES SLIDE
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What regions generate the three largest migration flows in the world today? Where are these people going?
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Asia, Africa, Latin America; North America, Europe, and Oceania
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What are the general characteristics of a migrant today?
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55 percent female; 40 percent are young adults no children (age 25-39). most long distance are male
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Most migrants to the United States during the peak of the 1840s and 1850s came from which part of Europe?
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Ireland and Germany (North and West)
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The greatest total number of foreign-born residents can be found in which country?
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United States
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Europeans migrated to the United States primarily because of kind of factors?
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offered the greatest opportunity for economic success; then they told friends and family back home how great it was and they came too
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Migration to the United States declined during the 1920s primarily because of
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US quota laws
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U.S. quota laws from the 1920s until the 1960s had the effect of allowing people almost exclusively from where?
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Europe
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Brain drain is
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large-scale emigration by talented people
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Most European guest workers come from which part of Europe?
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south and east
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Many of the refugees from Vietnam became known as the
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boat people
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The United States has received the lowest number of refugees from which country
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Ethiopa
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The largest numbers of recent immigrants to the United States are connected here how?
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to relatives of U.S. citizens
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Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States?
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urban to surburban
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The Brazilian government encouraged interregional migration by
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moving the capital to Brazila
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Counterurbanization is
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migration from urban to rural areas. able to happen because of modern transportation
