AP Human Geography Migration Questions

Migration :

• A permanent move to a new location

• Migration from a location

• Short-term repetitive movement

• Movement within one region

Immigration :

• Migration to a location

• Migration from a location

• A permanent move to a new location

• Movement from one region to a different one

Internal Migration :

• A permanent move from one country to another

• The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants

• A permanent move within the same country

• Rural to urban migration

Forced Migration :

• The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons

• The migrant has been compelled to move by political or environmental factors

• A permanent move from one country to another

• A permanent move within the same country

Intraregional :

• Movement from one region to a different one

• A permanent move to a new location

• Migration to a location

• Migration within one region

Counterurbanization :

• Rural to urban migration

• Urban to rural migration

• Have been forced to migrate to another country

• Short-term repetitive movement

Pull Factor :

• Induces people to move out of their present location

• Movement within one region

• Induces people to move into a new location

• A refugee who has not migrated across an international border

Push Factor :

• Induces people to move into a new location

• Have been forced to migrate to another country

• Migration from a location

• Induces people to move out of their present location

Refugees :

• Have been forced to migrate to another country

• Migration to a location

• Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee

• One's ability to move from place to place

Asylum Seeker :

• Have been forced to migrate to another country

• Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee

• Induces people to move into a new location

• Rural to urban migration