Migration Quiz

If a person moves from Canada to Mexico, what type of migration is this considered?

• International

• Migrant Stream

• Rural to Urban Migration

• Intranational

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

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

Which of the following is the primary reason people migrate.

• Economic opportunity

• Cultural oppression

• Overpopulation

• pollution

• Family

From an emigrant , war in his or her homeland is example of

• Economic Push

• Political Pull

• Cultural Push

• Environmental Push

• Demographic Pull

The act of migrants sending money to family in their home country is termed

• alimony

• allowance

• subsidence

• remittance

• restitution

What does Immigrate mean?

• to move into a country

• to move out of a country

• to move around a country

• to move into Texas

What does Emigrate mean?

• To move out of a country

• to move into a country

• to move around a country

• to move to Texas

Which of the following is NOT a push factor?

• famine

• Economic Opportunity

• Poverty

• War