Migration - Sem. Rev. Day 5

A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion.

• environmental
• distribution
• pull factor
• push factor

movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location. The movement is typically over long distances and from one country to another

• pull factor
• push factor
• distribution
• migration

the act of leaving one's country or region with the intent to settle permanently in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin. 

• emigration
• migration
• immigration
• routes

The lure of another home, country, region, organization, or religion. 

• migration
• routes
• push factor
• pull factor

Someone who is seeking safety by going to another country because of political unrest or war, like in Syria right now, is called a(n)

• refugee
• illegal alien
• immigrant
• legal migrant

Which is the BEST definition of "brain drain"?

• the loss of skilled workers who move to other countries
• the loss of war refugees who seek safety in other countries
• the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries
• the loss of good students who attend college in other countries

What are the payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country called?

• consumption
• economic activity 
• love
• remittances

Which of the following is NOT a major pull factor drawing people to the United States?

• family 
• schools
• freedom
• persecution

All of the following are major push factors that cause people to leave their home countries except

• hunger
• poverty
• violent conflict
• economic opportunity (new job opportunity)

To immigrate means...

• you are always poor
• move from a country
• move to a country
• leave a place because of war and seek safety in another country