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Key Issue One-Ch.3
Vocabulary for Key Issue One of Human Geography
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Geography
9th Grade
09/14/2009

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Migration
Definition
Is a permanent move to a new location.
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Emigration
Definition
Is migration FROM a location.
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Immigration
Definition
Is migration TO a location.
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Net Migration
Definition
Is the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.
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Mobility
Definition
All movements from one place to another.
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Circulation
Definition
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
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Push Factor
Definition
Induces people to move out of their present location.
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Pull Factor
Definition
Induces people to move to a new location.
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Refugees
Definition
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 within the boundaries.
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Floodplain
Definition
The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
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Intervening Obstacle
Definition
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
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International Migration
Definition
Permanent movement from one country to another.
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Internal Migration
Definition
Permanent movement within a particular country.
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Interregional Migration
Definition
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
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Intraregional Migration
Definition
Permanent movement within one region of a country.
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Voluntary Migration
Definition
Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
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Forced Migration
Definition
Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors.
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Migration Transition
Definition
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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1.Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the same country. 2. Long-distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of economic activity.
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What are Ravenstein's two main points about the distance that migrants travel to their home?
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