Migration/Urbanization

This occurs when large cities grow too big that they absorb smaller surrounding areas.

• suburbanization

• urban sprawl

• industrialization

• urbanization

The most prominent type of migration in the world is

• region to region

• rural to urban

• urban to rural

• city to farm

How do demographers use the "push-pull" theory?

• to explain immigration

• to explain climate change

• to describe political change

• to describe geographical change

Which of the following is an example of a push factor?

• religious tolerance

• a stable government

• plentiful jobs

• war or famine

People who quickly flee their country because of violence or fear are considered

• draft dodgers

• illegal immigrants

• refugees

• guest workers

The type of migration in which a person chooses to migrate

• voluntary migration

• involuntary migration

• forced migration

• chain migration

Reasons why a person feels compelled to leave his or her home area is called

• pull factors

• push factors

• place factors

• emigration

Which of the following would be considered a migration pull factor?

• failed harvest

• flooding of a river

• opening a new factory

• political war

Brain drain is

• a cultural feature that hinders migration

• large scale emigration of talented people

• people forced to migrate for political purposes

• asylum seekers

A large urban area that includes the city and the surrounding suburbs

• urbanization

• suburbanization

• metropolis