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AP Human Geography Rubenstein 12th Edition: Chapter 3 Migration

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Asylum seeker
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
Brain drain
Large-scale emigration by talented people.
Chain migration
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
Circular migration
The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment
Circulation
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
Counterurbanization
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
Desertification
Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting. Also known as semiarid land degradation.
Emigration
Migration from a location.
Floodplain
An area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends.
Immigration
Migration to a new location.
Forced migration
Permanent movement compelled by cultural or environmental factors.
Guest worker
Workers who migrate to the MDCs of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs
Internal migration
Permanent movement within a particular country.
Internally displaced person (IDP)
Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border
International migration
Permanent movement from one country to another.
Interregional migration
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
Intervening obstacle
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
Intraregional migration
Permanent movement within one region of a country
Migration
Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.
Migration transition
Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.
Mobility
All types of movement from one location to another.
Net migration
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.
Pull factor
A factor that induces people to move to a new location
Push factor
A factor that induces people to move out of their present location
Quota
In reference to migration, a law that places a maximum limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.
Refugee
A person who flees their home country due to a well-founded fear of danger/persecution from race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion.
Remittance
The money, goods, or services sent by immigrants to family members or relatives in their home countries.
Unauthorized immigrant
A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so
Voluntary migration
Permanent movement undertaken by choice
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