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Chapter 3 ; Migration
Rubenstien Book.
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Geography
9th Grade
09/30/2013

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Brain Drain
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Large-scale emigration by talented people.
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Chain Migration
Definition
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
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Circulation
Definition
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
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Counterurbanization
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Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
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Emigration
Definition
Migration FROM a location
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Floodplain
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The are subject flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
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Forced migration
Definition
Permanent movement compelled usually 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
Definition
Permanent movement within a particular country.
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International migration
Definition
Permanent movement from one country to another.
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Inter-regional migration
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Permanent movement from one region of a country to another
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Intervening obstacles
Definition
And environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration
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Migration
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Form of relocation diffusion involving 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
Definition
All types of movements from one location to another.
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Net migration
Definition
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.
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Pull Factor
Definition
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 eave old residences.
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Qoutas
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In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country 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 of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group or political opinion.
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Unauthorized immigrants
Definition
People who enter a country without proper documents.
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Voluntary migration
Definition
Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
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