UNIT 3: Migration AP

All of the following twentieth-century migration streams were propelled by persecution or open conflict EXCEPT

• (A) Asians leaving Uganda

• (B) Kosovars leaving Yugoslavia

• (C) Tutsis leaving Rwanda

• (D) Hindus leaving Pakistan

• (E) Mexicans leaving Mexico

There has been an increase in asylum seekers from Syria to the European Union in recent years. Which of the following best describes the reason for this migration?

• A large rural-to-urban population shift within Syria

• A continuing rise in employment for asylum seekers in the European Union

• A continuing issue of conflict and political unrest within Syria

• The tightening of asylum policies by the European Union

• The tightening of guest-worker policies by the European Union

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which of the following types of intraregional migration was the most prominent worldwide?

• Rural to urban

• Urban to suburban

• Inland to coastal

• Highland to lowland

• Urban to rural

The nineteenth-century emigration of a large number of Swedes from a particular region of Sweden to Isanti County, Minnesota, as a result of communications from friends and relatives who preceded them there is an example of

• brain drain

• chain migration

• net migration

• internal migration

• counterurbanization

Which of the following types of migration are correctly explained by the example given?

• International migration and forced migration: Family A from Beijing moves to Minneapolis so that the parents can attend graduate school.

• ) International migration and voluntary migration: Family A from Mumbai has convinced their close friends Family B to emigrate to London as they did in order help start up their business.

• Internal migration and forced migration: Couple from Berlin has convinced their close friends Couple to move to Greece and live in the same retirement community

• Internal migration and voluntary migration: Family from Baghdad are resettled by the United States for political asylum in Detroit.

• Internally displaced persons and forced migration: Couple from rural Brazil move to São Paulo to find better job opportunities.

In the century after the arrival of Europeans, which of the following changes occurred to the indigenous population of the Americas?

• It increased dramatically because of new trade routes and industries

• It increased slowly with the introduction of new crops

• It remained about the same, since very few Europeans actually moved there

• It decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases

• It decreased slowly due to increased competition for land

A refugee enters the European Union in Italy and is temporarily housed in Germany. He is then granted asylum and is permanently settled in Sweden. Which of the following describes this type of migration that is facilitated by the European Union’s open border policies?

• Chain migration within the refugee’s family and social network

• Guest worker migration based upon the free movement of labor

• As an internally displaced person within a single state

• Step migration across member states to a final destination

• As a rural-to-urban migrant seeking employment opportunities

Which of the following explains a significant positive impact that the immigration of large populations of Chinese people had on places like Vancouver and Los Angeles?

• The increase of large populations of Chinese people established Cantonese as the lingua franca, allowing immigrants and local people to communicate

• The assimilation of Chinese immigrants created stability in their new city neighborhoods, giving the immigrants political power.

• Most Chinese immigrants converted to the dominant religions of their new cities, prompting the construction of many new churches.

• Chinese immigrants established businesses and religious centers that provided their new cities with greater access to elements of Chinese culture such as arts, cuisine, and religion.

• Chinese neighborhoods were established on the outskirts of these cities as agricultural trade centers, introducing Asian crops to North America.

Which of the following explains the major effect of migration flow to Southwest Asia from other regions in Asia?

• Students migrate to attend school in the region, increasing the technology labor force

• Women and children migrate to reunify with male relatives living in the region, forming permanent urban settlements.

• People with chronic illnesses travel as medical tourists to obtain medical care, growing the health care industry.

• Guest workers migrate to the region for jobs in construction and the oil fields, increasing the volume of exports from the region

• Older adults migrate to areas with warmer climates after retiring from their jobs, growing the service industry.

In recent decades, all of the following have played a major role in the rapid growth of Sun Belt cities of the United States EXCEPT

• immigration from Latin America

• high levels of per capita federal spending in the South and West

• cheap land and labor

• climatic changes leading to colder northern winters

• the increasing demand for retirement and resort centers