Chapter 3 - Migration

During the same time every year, agricultural workers travel within Brazil to engage in the labor-intensive harvest of sugar cane. This migration pattern is best described as

• seasonal mobility

• agricultural transience

• emigration

• agricultural mobility

• immigration

Which one of the following is the best example of circulation?

• Visiting a university in a distant state in order to determine whether it best suits your needs as a prospective college student.

• Taking your car to the mechanic because its transmission stopped functioning after six years of use.

• Going to the grocery store once every two or three weeks to stock up on food and supplies

• Going to a grocery store to buy supplies for your friend's twenty-first birthday party

• Working at a ski resort every year over winter break

Wilbur Zelinsky's migration transition model predicted

• women are more likely to migrate than men.

• international migration is more common than internal migration.

• migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition.

• intraregional migration occurs more frequently than interregional migration.

• migrants move most frequently for economic reasons.

If your ancestors migrated to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, they most likely emigrated from

• Norway or England

• Ireland or Germany

• Italy or Poland

• Spain or Portugal

• Russia or Bulgaria

Which statement most accurately describes the motivations of the historic European and current Latin American immigrants to the United States?

• Both were and are motivated primarily by economic factors.

• Migrants from Europe were fleeing religious persecution while migrants from Latin America are motivated by economic factors.

• Bother we and are motivated by a desire to join family members already in the United States.

• Migrants from Europe mostly spoke English while migrants from Latin America mostly speak Spanish.

• Both were and are motivated by famine in their home countries.

The U.S. center of population has moved steadily to the

• east

• north

• south

• west

• center

A principal factor in the population shift westward in the 1850s-1880s was

• a gold rush

• a war with Mexico

• new uses for the American desert

• agricultural expansion in the Great Plains

• the Erie Canal

The opening of the U.S. interior in the early 1800s was facilitated by

• the completion of the transcontinental railway

• the pull factor of gold

• the pull factor of hydroelectric projects and controlled irrigation programs

• the Erie Canal

• the invention of barbed wire

Which of the following accurately describes an interregional migration pattern?

• Canadian interregional movement shifted east to west based on its oil industry.

• Soviet Unions' interregional migration was based on government policies to develop economic centers near European markets to the west.

• Brazilian interior development was spurred by the planned city development of Rio de Janeiro.

• China's urban to rural movement, up until recently, had been restricted through government policies.

• Russia's current interregional migration patterns reflect increased government mandated relocation and economic policies.

In contrast to the trend in many countries, the largest percentage of Americans move from

• suburbs to cities

• suburbs to nonmetropolitan areas

• cities to suburbs

• nonmetropolitan areas to cities

• cities to nonmetropolitan areas