AP Human Geography Unit 3 Mid-Term

What is the primary focus of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration?

• The economic impact of migration on countries

• The patterns and reasons why people migrate

• The cultural differences between migrants and natives

• The environmental effects of human migration

Which of the following is an example of a push factor in migration?

• Higher wages

• Political stability

• War in the home country

• Better education opportunities

What is forced migration?

• Moving to a new place for a better job

• Relocating to be closer to family

• Being compelled to leave one's home due to external pressures

• Choosing to move for a more desirable climate

Which of the following is a characteristic of voluntary migration?

• Deportation

• Seeking better living conditions by choice

• Fleeing from natural disasters

• Evacuation due to industrial accidents

Distance Decay in migration theory suggests that:

• Migrants tend to move to faraway places

• The intensity of human activity declines as distance from the source increases

• Migration doesn't affect distant regions

• Migrants prefer to move to places with a similar climate

What is an asylum seeker?

• A person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war

• A person who moves to another country for a job

• A person who seeks safety from persecution in their own country in another country

• A person who migrates within their own country

A refugee is best defined as:

• A person who voluntarily moves to another country for better opportunities

• A person who has been forced to leave their country because of persecution, war, or violence

• A person who travels frequently between countries for work

• A person who sends remittances back to their family in their home country

Chain migration occurs when:

• Migrants move in large groups at the same time

• Migrants follow others from their community to a new location

• Migrants return to their home country after working abroad

• Migrants are sent to different countries due to overpopulation

Migrant workers are individuals who:

• Move permanently to a new country for work

• Travel to and from a country seasonally for work

• Work in their home country for foreign companies

• Are forced to work in a foreign country

Which of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration states that most migrants only move a short distance?

• The law of urban migration

• The short-distance migration law

• The law of rural migration

• The gravity model law