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| What are some areas with a positive net migration? |
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| N.America, middle east asia, Europe, Oceania, some parts of africa |
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| What are some areas with a negative net migration? |
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| Latin America, most of africa, middle east asia, east and s. east asia |
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| Why do some countries in Africa and the Middle East have positive net migrations? |
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| Refugees often come in to those countries from neighboring countries because of violence and political unrest. |
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| Why do most people migrate? |
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| Economic reasons, better living conditions, cultural and environmental reasons |
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| Why are some workers attracted to the Middle East? |
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| Petroleum attracts miners and engineers |
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| What type of government do most people migrate in search of? |
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| What is the main cause of counterurbanization in MDCs? |
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| Attractive and scenic areas, and healthier living conditions |
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| What creates the most refugees? |
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| wars, discrimination, violence, natural disasters, and droughts |
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| What are some intervening obstacles today's immigrants face? |
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| Government regulations, paperwork, quotas |
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| What are the 2 types of international migration? |
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| What are the 2 types of internal migration? |
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| interregional and intraregional |
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| What are the 3 main eras of migration in the U.S.? |
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| Colonial period, mid 1800s-early 1900s, and 1970s-today |
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| Where did 90% of european immigrants come from before 1840? |
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| When were the 3 peaks of european immigration? |
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| Why are there more mexican workers in the U.S. than argentinean workers? |
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| Which country recently passed Germany as the country that has sent the most immigrants? |
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| Which countries currently have the most refugees? |
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| Columbia, Iraq, and several countries in Sub-saharan Africa |
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| Wars, political instability, natural disasters |
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| What were some intervening obstacles that people have faced in U.S. history? |
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| Mountains, difficulty navigating, oceans, not enough money |
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| What part of the world has the highest percentage of immigrants? (Doesn't seem to make sense) |
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| What parts of the world have the largest net out migration? |
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| Asia, Latin America, Africa |
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| What parts of the world have net in migration? |
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| Europe, North America, Oceania |
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| Which continent has the most international emigrants? |
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| for the 1st and 2nd peaks of european immigration, where did most of the immigrants come from? |
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| Northern and Western Europe |
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| What part of Europe were most immigrants in the 3rd peak of european immigration from? |
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| Southern and Eastern Europe |
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| Why were the people from the 1st peak of european migration coming to america? |
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| To escape political unrest and poor economic conditions |
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| Why were most people coming to america in the 2nd and 3rd peaks of european migration? |
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| better job opportunities, escaping rapid population growth |
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| Since the 1970s, from where did most immigrants come from? |
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| What are the 4 asian countries that have sent the most immigrants to the U.S., in order? |
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| India, Phillipines, China, Vietnam |
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| 25% of immigrants to the U.S. go to which state? |
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| 25% of immigrants to the U.S. go to which 2 states? |
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| Why are less europeans coming to the U.S. nowadays? |
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| Lower NIR, better economy, Stage 4 |
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| Name 4 states where 50% of recent immigrants are clustered |
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| california, NY, Texas, florida |
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| What was the point and impact of England's enclosure movement? |
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| It made farms in England more efficient by forcing millions to migrate from rural areas |
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| What are 2 policies used by host countries to control the arrival of migrants? |
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| Quota system and temporary work |
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| since when were global quotas used? |
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| What was the National Origins Act? |
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| Quotas that limited the number of immigrants that could come annually per year |
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| Which immigrants don't count toward the global quotas? |
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| People from poor countries who obtain jobs in the Middle east and western europe. |
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| Who were the boat people? |
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| Thousands of vietnamese who tried to escape war and communism by going to sea in boats to other asian countries and the u.s. |
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| Economic migrants aren't usually admitted unless they meet which 2 requirements? |
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| They need to have special skills or have close relatives already living there. |
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| What are time-contract workers? |
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| Workers from asia recruited for a fixed period for a specific job. |
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| What did the Immigration Reform and Control Act do? When was it passed? |
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| Allowed illegal immigrants who have been here for 5 years or more to become legal. (1986) |
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| What is the strongest push factor for international migration? |
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| Which country had the largest number of internal immigrants in 2007? |
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| Which continent is the largest source of international immigrants? |
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| What continent is the most likely destination for an international migrant? |
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| Which decade was U.S. immigration the lowest? |
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| Are cuban immigrants to the U.S. considered economic or political refugees? |
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| Why did several million Irish migrate in the 1840s? |
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| disastrous economic conditions pushed them out of the country |
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| What are the 2 largest groups of international refugees? |
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| Where are the 2 largest groups of internal refugees found? |
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| Where did most migrants to the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s come from? |
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| Which country is the second leading source of U.S. immigrants from latin america? |
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| Why did migration to the U.S. decline in the 1920s? |
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| Through what process are most asians migrating to the U.S.? |
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| The largest number of legal immigrants come to the U.S. from which country? |
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| The Dust Bowl caused large-scale migration because it is a ______________________________. |
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| environmental push factor |
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| A person going from Unionville school district to TE sees Great Valley along the way and purchases a house here instead. This is a good example of _________________. |
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| Which 20-year period has the U.S. seen the highest numbers of immigrants? |
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| Movement from Philadelphia to Baltimore is this type of migration. |
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