Migration quiz

All of the following are examples of environmental push factors EXCEPT?

• Heavy pollution in the river has led to illnesses in the villag

• Flooding in the Brahmaputra River Basin

• Earthquake in Haiti

• Political Revolution in Egypt

•   Drought in Ethiopia

Chain Migration is best illustrated by which of the following examples?

• A man plans to move from Vietnam to Laos, but he stops in Thailand where he finds an excellent job and never makes it to Laos.

• A woman moves from the United Kingdom to Australia, stopping for two years in Indonesia.

• A man moves from Somalia to the United States and his sister follows soon afterward, including her child and grandchild.

• A woman moves from India to the United States and brings with her many Indian paintings.

The United Nations defines a refugee as –

• a person who is seeking better education than what is available in their home country

•   a person fleeing armed conflict or persecution.

• a person who has applied for immigration through family members.

• a person looking for better economic opportunities.

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  a person who is internally displaced.

Which of the following is an example of an immigration policy passed by the United States in the 21st century?

• USA Patriot Act

• Immigration and Nationality Act

• Immigration Reform and Control Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act

Which of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration best reflects the Gravity Model?

•   most migrants move short distances

•   most migrants are male

•   most migrants are female

•   most long distance migrants move to large urban centers

A family decided to move to another region or place a long distance away, but finds a suitable place to settle before reaching their original intended destination. This is called –

• temporary settlement

• intervening opportunity

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  reverse distance decay

   

•   sequent occupance

•   luck option

The difference between a migrant and a refugee is –

•   Migrants carefully plan their move; refugees have to move at a moment’s notice

•   Migrants seek to move permanently; refugees usually seek to return to their home

•   All of these answers are correct

•   Migrants are usually young and single; refugees are all ages

•   Migrants move to improve their lives; refugees move as a result of catastrophic events in their homeland

The type of migration in which a person chooses to migrate is called –

• step migration

•   channelized migration.

•   forced migration.

•   voluntary migration.

•   chain migration.

An example of forced migration is/was –

•   deportation of illegal immigrants out of a country.

•   relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps during WWII.

•   removal of Native Americans to reservation.

•   All of these answers are correct.

•   moving Jews to concentration camps in Nazi Germany.

The following statement about migration is INCORRECT –

•   Most migrants leave their homes because they want to change political parties.

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  Many migrants go to poor countries which cannot accommodate more people.

• Environmental problems cause many people to migrate.

• Many migrants leave their homes because of war.

• Most migrants in the world leave to pursue a “better life.”