What is the term for the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants?

• transmigration

• net migration

• circulation

• gross migration

Which of the following is an example of an economic pull factor?

• the availability of high paying jobs in Silicon Valley

• The closing of the Ford plant in St Paul

• The choice to move to a country with freedom of religion

• The need to escape war and persecution

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

• leaving a location due to a job loss

• leaving a location to be nearer to family

• leaving a location due to a hurricane

• leaving a location due to high crime

Which region of the United States has seen an increase in population and median age due to the migration of elderly people?

• Northeast

• Midwest

• Sunbelt

• Pacific Northwest

What is the MOST common reason for internal migration in the United States?

• job opportunities

• famine

• climate

• political oppression

80% of undocumented workers in the United States come from which region?

• Latin America

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

An immigrant is more likely to be admitted to the United States if. . . .

• they are a refugee

• they already have family in the US

• they are a skilled laborer

• all of the above

Significant numbers of Hmong are currently migrating to St Paul through a process called . . .

• brain drain

• chain migration

• illegal immigration

• expansive migration

Brain drain is . . .

• the large scale emigration of talented people

• the process by which people are given preference for migration

• people forced to migrate for political reasons

• a cultural factor that hinders migration

Go against

• Tendency

• Naive

• Undermining