Human Migration Vocab Flashcard

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Definition of net migration?

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Difference between immigration and emigration levels.

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Term for a factor causing migration from one's homeland?

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Push factors

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Definition of voluntary migration?

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Movement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity; not forced.

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Definition of forced migration?

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Human migration flows where movers have no choice but to relocate.

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Definition of internal migration?

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Permanent movement within one region of a country.

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Definition of step migration?

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Migration that follows a path of stages towards a final destination.

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Definition of circular migration?

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Repeated movement between two or more places, within or between countries.

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Definition of transnational migration?

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Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages.

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Definition of chain migration?

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Pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links.

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Definition of rural-to-urban migration?

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Permanent movement from a sparsely populated agrarian region to a densely populated metropolitan area.