IGCSE Geo: What is meant by migration?

What is migration?

• The movement of people across a specified boundary to establish a new permanent place to live

• The movement of animals across borders

• The movement of people for temporary travel purposes

• The movement of goods across international boundaries

What is rural-to-urban migration?

• Movement of people from one country to another

• Movement of people for temporary travel purposes

• Movement of people within a country from rural areas to urban areas

• Movement of people from urban areas to rural areas

What are push factors in migration?

• Factors that help self-realization

• Reasons or characteristics of a place that make people want to move away

• Reasons or characteristics of a place that make people want to go towards a place

• Opportunities for people to lead a better life

What are pull factors in migration?

• Reasons or characteristics of a place that make people want to move away

• Reasons or characteristics of a place that make people want to go towards a place

• Opportunities for people to lead a better life

• Factors that help self-realization

What is involuntary migration?

• When migrants choose to leave their homes

• When migrants have free choice about whether to migrate or not

• When migrants work for international companies

• When migrants are forced to flee their home for physical or human reasons

What is voluntary migration?

• When migrants work for international companies

• When migrants choose to leave their homes

• When migrants are forced to flee their home for physical or human reasons

• When migrants have free choice about whether to migrate or not

What are refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants examples of?

• Rural-to-urban migration

• Economic migrants

• Voluntary migration

• Involuntary migration

What are economic migrants examples of?

• Involuntary migration

• Rural-to-urban migration

• Voluntary migration

• Refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants

What is the movement of people within a country called?

• International migration

• Internal migration

• Voluntary migration

• Involuntary migration

What are the main reasons for rural-to-urban migration?

• Factors that help self-realization

• Reasons or characteristics of a place that make people want to move away

• Reasons or characteristics of a place that make people want to go towards a place

• Opportunities for people to lead a better life