Migration Quiz

What is the term for the 'permanent' movement of people into a particular country from one or a number of other countries?

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Net migration

• Chain migration

What is the balance between people moving into a region or country and the people moving out of that region or country called?

• Chain migration

• Relay migration

• Net migration

• Migration stream

What type of migration occurs when a small number of people move from a source area to an area of destination, followed by an increasing number of people making the same journey?

• Chain migration

• Relay migration

• Stepped migration

• Counter-stream

What is the term for the reverse flow of a migration stream at a lower volume, usually resulting from some migrants being dissatisfied with their destination and deciding to return home?

• Chain migration

• Counter-stream

• Push factors

• Pull factors

What is the movement of people from one place to another within a country called?

• International migration

• Intra-urban migration

• Internal migration

• Inter-urban migration

What is the term for the movement of people from rural areas (the countryside) to urban areas (towns and cities)?

• Stepped migration

• In-migration

• Out-migration

• Rural-urban migration

What is the term for the movement of people across international boundaries?

• Internal migration

• International migration

• Intra-urban migration

• Inter-urban migration

What is the term for a person who leaves a country to migrate to another?

• Immigrant

• Forced migrant

• Emigrant

• Internal migrant

What is voluntary migration?

• When people are forced to migrate due to war.

• When people freely choose to migrate from one place to another.

• When people migrate due to natural disasters.

• When people migrate without permission.

What is economic migration?

• When people move to escape political persecution.

• When people move in order to obtain a better standard of living.

• When people are forced to leave their home due to war.

• When people migrate without legal permission.