APHG - Migration Quiz

A person living in Town A moves three times, as shown in the diagram, and settles in Town D. This is an example of

• Chain migration

• Step migration

• Distance decay

• Intervening obstacle

• Intervening opportunity

In some countries, a foreign person who is given temporary permission to live and work in a host country is known as

• guest worker

• temporary laborer

• host laborer

• interim worker

• provisional laborer

Which of the following is true regarding emigration?

• Emigration results in an influx of talented people in underdeveloped countries.

• Emigration increase unemployment rates in underdeveloped countries.

• Emigration can speed up development in underdeveloped areas.

• Emigration reduces the pressure on land in overpopulated areas.

• Emigration can increase cultural diversity.

A refugee is defined as a person

• who willingly left his or her homeland for better opportunities in another country

• who illegally resides in a country other than his or her homeland

• who works outside of his or her home country

• who flees their home country due to war or persecution

• who was deported from a country back to his or her homeland

Which of the following is NOT one of Ravenstein's migration laws?

• Most migration is rural to urban

• Migrants traveling long distances will likely settle in a big city

• People in rural areas are more migratory than city dwellers

• Most migration is step migration

• Most international migrants are young women

Which type of diffusion is migration considered?

• relocation diffusion

• expansion diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• contagious diffusion

All of the following are examples of forced migration EXCEPT

• the Trail of Tears in the early 19th century

• the Atlantic slave trade

• the California gold rush in the mid-19th century

• the Irish Potato Famine from 1846 to 1850

• the Japanese interment camps during World War II

An example of _______ is the migration of lawyers and architects to the United States after they have received years of government - financed schooling and training in India.

• brain drain

• chain migration

• chain drain

• net migration

• step migration

A person who flees quickly in order to stay alive but does not leave their country would be considered

• refugess

• asylum seeker

• internally displaced person

• internationally displaced person

• cultural migrant

You are planning to move from your hometown to Nashville. Along the way, you stop in Auburn, Alabama to visit a relative and fall in love with the city! You decide to stay and make Auburn our new home. This is an example of

• intervening opportunity

• distance decay

• involuntary migration

• push-pull factors

• transhumance