Human Geography Chapter 5 Vocab

Asylum

• The right to protection in a country.

• Type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there.

• A person who is forced to flee his or her country for the fear of persecution or death.

• Money earned by an emigrant abroad and sent back to his or her country.

Brain Drain

• A shortage of people trained in a particular industry.

• The loss of trained or educated people to lure of work in another - often richer - country.

• The spread of culture traits through the movement of people.

• Person who has been forced to flee his or her home but remains within the country's borders.

Chain Migration

• Type of migration in which people are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors.

• Migration pattern in which migrant workers move back and forth between their country or origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs.

• Type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there.

• A migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor.

Circular Migration

• Series of smaller moves to get to the ultimate destination.

• Type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there.

• Limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year.

• Migration pattern in which migrant workers move back and forth between their country or origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs.

Emigration

• A person who is forced to flee his or her country for the fear of persecution or death.

• Movement away from a location.

• Movement to a location.

• Person who has been forced to flee his or her home but remains within the country's borders.

Circulation

• Temporary, repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis.

• Type of migration in which people are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors.

• The difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or a country.

Forced Migration

• A person who is forced to flee his or her country for the fear of persecution or death.

• Type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have previously migrated there.

• Type of migration in which people are compelled to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors.

• All types of movement from one location to another, whether temporary or permanent over short or long distances.

Friction of Distance

• The movement of herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer months and lower elevations during the winter.

• International migration in which people retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties with their countries of origin.

• A migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor.

• A concept that states that the longer a journey is, the more time, effort, and cost it will involve.

Gravity Model

• A model that predicts the interaction between two or more places; geographers derived the model from Newton's law of universal gravitation.

• Person who has been forced to flee his or her home but remains within the country's borders.

• The difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or a country.

• Limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year.

Guest Worker

• The permanent movement of people from one place to another.

• A migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor.

• Networks of relatives and friends.

• All types of movement from one location to another, whether temporary or permanent over short or long distances.