AP HUGE Chapter Three Vocabulary

Large-scale emigration by talented people

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

Migration from a location

The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends

Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher paying jobs

Migration to a new location

Permanent movement within a particular country

Permanent movement from one country to another

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country

Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location

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

All types of movement from one location to another

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration

Factor that induces people to move to a new location

Factor that induces people to leave old residences

In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion

People who enter a country without proper documents

Permanent movement undertaken by choice