Migration

Permanent or semi-permanent relocation of people from one place to another

• Mobility

• Migration

• Immigration

• Emigration

Early humans were very mobile, looking for food to gather and animals to hunt in

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

Regions where the net migration is negative and has net out-migration are

• Africa, Europe, & Latin America

• Africa, Europe, & Oceania

• Africa, Southwest Asia, & Latin America

• Africa, South Asia, & Latin America

Countries accepting migrants are faced with the following impacts due to immigration except

• population surges

• lower employment rates

• increased support services

• national security issues

The most common reason people migrate is

• Political persecution

• natural disasters

• economic opportunity

• social discrimination

Most migration flows originate and/or end in

• North America

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

Deterioration of land to a desert-like condition typically due to human actions is called

• drought

• desertification

• famine

• aridification

Demographic Push Factors include all of the following except

• Unemployment is very low in a country

• Young population – country faces risk of overpopulation

• Some countries are unbalanced demographically

• Gender – young adult might not find someone to marry

Barriers that make reaching a desired destination more difficult

• negative obstacles

• Intervening Opportunities

• positive opportunities

• Intervening Obstacles

Inter regional and Intra regional migration are examples of

• international migration

• forced migration

• internal migration

• voluntary migration