APHG - Migration

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Better employment and Job security is a

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Pull factor

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The people who leave their country to settle elsewhere

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Emigrants

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When a country loses its most educated and talented workers to other countries because of migration, it is known as

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Brain drain

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Which of the following is most likely to immigrate? a person who loves their apartment, a person looking for work in another country, a person who has a lot of credit card debt, a person who has just adopted a new pet

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a person looking for work in another country

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People who flee a country due to violence, war, or persecution are called _____.

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refugees

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Which of the following is an effect of migration? cultural blending, urbanization, population shifts, doubling time

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population shifts

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True or False: In most countries population is distributed evenly.

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False

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All of the following are part of the three main eras of US immigration except: Nineteenth Century Immigration, Immigration around independence, Current Immigration

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1920s-1950s

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Where have the majority of current US immigrants originated?

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Latin America and Asia

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Leaving an area after a flood is an example of this reason for migration

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Environmental