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WorksheetsMigration
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
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Class
Date
1.
The term that best describes a permanent move to a new location is
a)
migration
b)
mobility
c)
net in-migration
d)
net migration
2.
The U.S. center of population has moved steadily to the
a)
east.
b)
north.
c)
south
d)
west
3.
The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is
a)
region to region
b)
urban to rural.
c)
city to city
d)
rural to urban
4.
Counterurbanization is
a)
moving from an urban core to suburban areas
b)
due to expanding suburbs
c)
migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs
d)
the decline of the inner-city infrastructure
5.
An environmental or political feature that hinders migration is
a)
intraregional migration policies
b)
interregional migration policies
c)
an intervening obstacle
d)
permeable international borders
6.
Under U.S. immigration policies
a)
refugees receive special priority over economic migrants
b)
refugees and economic migrants are treated the same
c)
economic migrants are allowed only if they don't send remittances
d)
economic migrants are expedited across borders to ensure their skills contribute quickly to the economy.
7.
Mexico provides the United States with its largest numbers of
a)
voluntary immigrants and political refugees
b)
both legal and undocumented immigrants
c)
laborers
d)
refugees from natural disasters
8.
Brain drain is
a)
the large-scale emigration of talented people
b)
the process by which people are given reference for migration
c)
people forced to migrate for political reasons
d)
a cultural feature that hinders migration
9.
Monies migrants send home is called....
a)
Reverse remittances
b)
Remittances
c)
Refugee camps
d)
Bracero Program
10.
Which of the following is the definition of emigration?
a)
Movement of people away from a place
b)
Movement of people to a place
c)
Movement of a group of people from one place to another
d)
Shorter trips away from home
11.
Immigration is....
a)
Movement of people away from a place
b)
Movement of people to a place
c)
Movement of a group of people from one place to another
d)
Shorter trips away from home
12.
Migration that involves the imposition of authority or power producing involuntary movements that cannot be understood based on theories of choice is called...
a)
Internal Migration
b)
Forced Migration
c)
Transhumance
d)
Voluntary Migration
13.
Voluntary Migration is....
a)
occurs after a migrant weighs options and choice, even if somewhat desperately or not so rationally.
b)
Migration that involves the imposition of authority or power producing involuntary movements that cannot be understood based on theories of choice
c)
Migration the occurs within a single country's border
d)
A specialized for of periodic movement which is a system of pastoral farming in which ranchers move livestock according to seasonal availability of pastures
14.
Which of the following is not one of Ravensteins laws of migration?
a)
Every migration flow generates a return or countermigration
b)
The majority of migrants move a short distance
c)
Migrants who move longer distance tend to choose big-city destinations
d)
All migrants choose to live in rural areas
15.
This predicts interaction between places on the basis of their population size and distance between them...
a)
Gravity Model
b)
Push Factors
c)
Pull Factors
d)
Distance Decay
16.
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
a)
Genocide
b)
Economic Prosperity
c)
Jobs
d)
Favorable weather
17.
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor?
a)
Genocide
b)
Environmental Disaster
c)
War
d)
Favorable Climate
18.
A term that is now used to describe migrant labor is called....
a)
Illegal immigrants
b)
Guest workers
c)
Immigration
d)
Pull Factors
19.
When one culture blends with another culture (melting pot) this is called....
a)
Acculturation
b)
Assimilation
c)
Refugee
d)
Internally displaced persons
20.
When one brings aspects of their culture with them to a new culture is called...
a)
Assimilation
b)
Acculturation
c)
Russification
d)
Refugee
21.
Due to early forced migration of slaves...the majority of African-Americans live in this region of the United States
a)
Southwest
b)
Southeast
c)
West Coast
d)
North
22.
This picture best represents the man-made physical border between the United States and ___________
a)
Canada
b)
Mexico
c)
Cuba
d)
Russia
23.
Vandi was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the US permanently at the age six. Vandi is a(n)...
a)
Immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Sierra Leone
b)
emmigrant from the US and an immigrant to Sierra Leone
c)
Immigrant to both the US and Sierra Leone
d)
Refugee and a migrant from the US
24.
Which of the following is an example of FORCED MIGRATION?
a)
Africans brought to the US as slaves
b)
a family moving to the US from Mexico in search of work
c)
Europeans establishing colonies in the New World
d)
People leaving Benin for better farming conditions
25.
The trail of tears was an...
a)
path many immigrants took across the Atlantic
b)
forced migration of Irish-Americans in the 1900s
c)
forced migration of the Cherokee nation
d)
path people took when they did not pass inspection at Ellis Island
26.
Which is the BEST definition of "brain drain"?
a)
the loss of skilled workers who move to other countries
b)
the loss of war refugees who seek safety in other countries
c)
the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries
d)
the loss of good students who attend college in other countries
27.
Which of the following is an ECONOMIC pull factor?
a)
Freedom of Religion
b)
Safety from War
c)
Job opportunity
d)
Political Conflict
28.
Which of the following is almost always an example of a push factor?
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
War
c)
Better opportunity for a job
d)
Better education
29.
Migrating across countries is called
a)
immigrating
b)
emigrating
c)
internal migration
d)
international migration
30.
In Geography human migration relates to
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
31.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
I want to join my family in America.
I want to join my family in America.
a)
push
b)
pull
32.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The War in Syria has made our family decide to leave and move to Europe.
The War in Syria has made our family decide to leave and move to Europe.
a)
push
b)
pull
33.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The potato famine occurred in my country. Many people have died and we must leave.
The potato famine occurred in my country. Many people have died and we must leave.
a)
pull
b)
push
34.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
There is not enough food in my country. Many people are dying of starvation.
There is not enough food in my country. Many people are dying of starvation.
a)
push
b)
pull
35.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
I want to have religious freedom to practice my religion.
I want to have religious freedom to practice my religion.
a)
push
b)
pull
36.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
They are going to take me to America to become a slave.
They are going to take me to America to become a slave.
a)
push
b)
pull
37.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
There are many opportunities in America.
There are many opportunities in America.
a)
pull
b)
push
38.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The governments is targeting my people and persecuting many of them.
The governments is targeting my people and persecuting many of them.
a)
push
b)
pull
39.
Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
There is much gold in America
There is much gold in America
a)
push
b)
pull
40.
What group of people moves the least?
a)
Older people
b)
Younger people
c)
wealthy people
d)
low-income people
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