This is Geography and Migration Review

Migration is a

• form of contagious diffusion

• permanent move to a new location

• form of hierarchial diffusion

• form of expansion diffusion

cyclical movement that recurs on a regular basis is known as

• circulation

• immigration

• mobility

• push and pull factors

Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration predicted

• long migration distances are more likely than short

• migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition

• migrants move most frequently for economic reasons

• women are more likely to migrate than men

Which of the following do geographers NOT do?

• They explain why one human activity is found near another

• They identify the location of important places

• They organize material spatially

• they ask where and why

To explain why different places are interrelated, geographers have three basic concepts

• scale, space and connection

• place, region, and connection

• place, region and space

• place, scale and space

History and geography differ in one especially important matter

• geographer is limited because most places are inaccessible

• geography studies from a temporal perspective while history examines events from a spatial perspective

• History is constantly changing, but geography remains static

• A geographer can travel to a different place, but a historian cannot travel back in time

Science of taking measurements of the earth's surface

• meteorology

• topography

• geotagging

• photogrammetry

GIS stands for

• Geographic Information System

• General Information System

• Geocoded Information Satelite

• Geotagged Information Situation

A map that overlays data from once source on top of a map provided by a mapping service (such as Google Maps) is known as

• VGI

• mashup

• GIS

• citizen science project

A computer system that stores, queries, and displays geographic data is known as a

• mashup

• GIS

• USGS

• GPS