Migration Review

The difference between a migrant and a refugee is that

• refugees don't usually seek to return to their home. 
• refugees move as a result of catastrophic events in their homeland. 
• refugees plan their moves weeks or months in advance
• refugees are usually young and single 

All of the following are examples of a “Brain Drain” except

• migration of Russian scientists after the fall of the Soviet Union.
• migration of Cuban doctors after the rise of Fidel Castro.
• migration of Mexican farmers to the United States.
• graduate students from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who choose to stay in the U.S. after graduation

During the late 1800's, the prosperity of the Industrial Revolution within the United States encouraged many immigrants to leave Europe. This is a good example of a(n) ____________.

• environmental pull factor
• economic push factor
• economic pull factor
• political pull factor

During the 1990s, a large amount of refugees fled the ________ due to ethnically-based wars and insurgencies.

• Balkans
• Himalayas 
• Andes
• Alps

As predicted by the gravity model, a significant intraregional migration has occurred from Afghanistan to _____________.

• Pakistan
• France
• Brazil
• Australia

Since the 1950s, a majority of human migration in developing countries has occurred from ________ areas.

• rural to urban
• urban to rural
• rich to poor
• southern to northern

In the past few decades, the United States has seen _________________, or net migration from urban to rural areas.

• countermigration
• counterculture 
• counterruralization
• counterurbanization
  

____________ worker programs, like the U.S. H-2A and H-2B, recruit workers from less developed countries to fill a need for unskilled labor.

• Guest
• Pro
• Immigrant
• Permanent

What means you're moving from country to country?

• immigrating
• emigrating
• internal migration
• international migration

What term refers to the migration of people to a certain place due to family or cultural links?

• Chain Migration

• Step Migration

• Net Migration

• Counter Migration