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International Migration Quiz

Total questions: 110

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is a migrant?

4 lines
2.

Which one is not a trend in international migration?

a)

globalization

b)

localization

c)

feminization

d)

changing direction

3.

Which one is not a trend in international migration?

a)

Differentiation

b)

Politicization

c)

Transition

d)

Masculinity

4.

True or False: The highest number of international migrants by region of destination is Asia.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

True or False: The highest number of international migrants by region of destination is Europe.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

True or False: Turkey is among the twenty countries hosting the largest number migrants.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: Highest trend of international mobility takes place within Asia itself.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: International migration within the African continent is much higher than migration from Africa to Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: International migration categories are absolute.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Refugees and asylum seekers are forced migrants.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

"A Refugee is a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted on account of .... is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country." Which one cannot replace ... ?

a)

race

b)

religion

c)

class

d)

membership of a particular social group

e)

political opinion

12.

True or False: Refugees and asylum seekers are usually moving for economic reasons.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

International migrant whose mobility cannot be regularized by the states is called (a)   migrant.

14.

True or false: We have very accurate numbers of irregular migration.

a)

False

b)

True

15.

Dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries is called (a)  

16.

True or false: Human trafficking and migrant smuggling are the same thing.

a)

False

b)

True

17.

True or false: Human trafficking is voluntary.

a)

False

b)

True

18.

True or false: Migrant smuggling is modern day slavery.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Definition of refugee is coming from the 1951 (a)   Convention.

20.

Reza is from Afghanistan. His country is very poor, he can not find any jobs. He and his family are starving. He escapes to Europe. He is a/an .... .

a)

Refugee

b)

Immigrant

c)

Asylum seeker

d)

IDP

21.

True or False: The first half of the 20th century was very much marked by state and nation building, generating large waves of forced migrations and deportations.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The number of non-Muslims in Anatolia dropped drastically over time. Which incident has nothing to do with this decrease?

a)

1915 Armenian Genocide

b)

1923 Greece-Turkey Population Exchange

c)

1942 Wealth Tax

d)

1990 Cold War

23.

.... terms on who can immigrate, settle, and acquire refugee status in Turkey giving notable preference to immigrants and refugees of 'Turkish descent and culture'.

a)

Law on Settlement of 1934

b)

1944 Settlement Law

c)

Resettlement Law of 1954

d)

1934 Citizenship Law

24.

Which ones are the motivations for Turkey to sign bilateral

a)

opportunity to decrease Turkey's rate of unemployment

b)

develop Turkey's economy through emigrant remittances

c)

'guest workers’ would come back to Turkey with new skills and help transform its agricultural economy into an industrial one

d)

create a Turkish diaspora in Europe

25.

Turkish immigrants were late in joining the post-World War II flow of workers, why? (Check all that applies.)

a)

Turkey lacked the colonial ties (such as those between Morocco and France) that many of the labor supply countries had with the labor recruiting countries in Western Europe.

b)

Other labor supply countries were geographically closer to Europe.

c)

Turkey did not have an established tradition of emigration like other labor supply countries such as Italy and Spain.

d)

Turkey was an imperial power.

26.

Turkey does not have a bilateral guest labor agreement with .... .

a)

Germany

b)

Norway

c)

United States

d)

France

27.

Which incidents caused diversification of labor emigration from Turkey? (Check all that applies.)

a)

1973-4 Oil Crisis

b)

End of the Cold War

c)

1991 Gulf Crisis

d)

Syrian War

28.

The first wave of asylum seekers to Turkey came from .... in 1979.

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Syria

29.

Turkey has four types of international protection, and these are:

a)

Refugees

b)

Conditional Refugees

c)

Subsidiary Protection

d)

Temporary Protection

e)

Substantial Protection

30.

True or False: Turkey is a signatory of the 1951 Geneva Convention, but it has a geographical limitation, i.e., it only accepts refugees from the OECD countries.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or False: Syrians in Turkey are conditional refugees.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

True or False: Syrians in Turkey are under a temporary protection regime.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

True or False: Because of Turkey's geographical limitation on the 1951 Geneva Convention, those asylum seekers coming from non-OECD countries are called conditional refugees to be resettled to third countries.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

True or False: A large proportion of Syrians in Turkey are old people.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

True or False: Istanbul hosts the largest Syrian population in Turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

True or False: International migration is related with development in two main ways.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Check the correct statements.

a)

Disparities in development can be incentive to migrate.

b)

Development does not cause migration, it is just a result.

c)

International migration impacts on development in origin countries.

d)

Migration is not a cause of migration, just a result.

38.

Fill in the blank: .... refers to money sent home by migrants abroad.

a)

Remittance

b)

Development

c)

Emigration

d)

Finance

39.

Which ones are ways that migrants send home money?

a)

Migrants taking home cash when they return for visits.

b)

Sending home money with friends or relatives.

c)

Entrepreneurs and traders who travel regularly to and from home carry money back for migrants for a small commission, like mulas in Cuba.

d)

Hawilaad system.

40.

True or False: According to the World Bank, global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

True or False: In developing countries remittances are the least important source of external funding.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Which one is the top country of remittance recipient in 2019?

a)

Mexico

b)

India

c)

USA

d)

Ukraine

43.

Which country is the top recipient of remittances in terms of percentage of GDP?

a)

Mexico

b)

Samoa

c)

Turkey

d)

Tonga

44.

What are the 3-Ts?

a)

transportation-tourism-telecommunications

b)

tourism-television-technology

c)

telecommunications-technology-teleport

d)

television-tourism-technology

45.

What cannot be said about social remittances?

a)

The term is particularly associated with the research of Peggy Levitt.

b)

People send home just money.

c)

People can transmit new ideas, social and cultural practices, and codes of conduct.

d)

Internet has opened a new platform of share of ideas.

46.

Where there are considerable numbers of migrants from one town or city, region, or country living together in the same country of destination, the catch-all term used for this group is:

(a)  

47.

The emigration of highly trained or qualified people from a particular country is called:

(a)  

48.

Which cannot be said about brain drain?

a)

Where there are high levels of unemployment at home, emigration can be positive in that it reduces competition for limited jobs.

b)

Migration can be selective, and those who leave are at times among the most entrepreneurial, best educated, and brightest in society.

c)

Reactions to the brain drain are not divided.

d)

Some countries have been accused of going around the world ‘cherrypicking’ the best people and leaving the rest behind.

49.

Want more or less migration?

4 lines
50.

Diaspora contributes to a country of origin through the following ways (check all that applies):

a)

via economic contributions by sending home money and material goods

b)

participating in the political, social, and cultural affairs of their home country and community

c)

through voting in national (and sometimes local) elections at home, from abroad

d)

via not integrating in their host societies

51.

Which one is not a colonial power?

a)

Greece

b)

Netherlands

c)

Britain

d)

France

52.

Which country is the most different in terms of its place in migration trends?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Britain

53.

True or False: Labour migration played a key role in colonialism and industrialization.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

True or False: Passport is a very old invention that has been with us since ancient times.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Which country hosted guestworkers?

a)

Germany

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

Greece

56.

Which one is not a classical immigration country?

a)

USA

b)

Canada

c)

Australia

d)

Greece

57.

Check the appropriate boxes:

Classical immigration countries ...

a)

Encourage family reunion.

b)

Encourage permanent settlement.

c)

Treat most immigrants as future citizens.

d)

Are all colonial powers.

58.

Which is not a migration trend between1945 and1970s?

a)

Guestworker system

b)

Migration of colonial workers

c)

Permanent migration to North America and Australia

d)

Contract migration

e)

Post-1945 refugee movements

59.

Which is not a new form migration after global economic restructuring?

a)

Decline of government organized labour migration

b)

Family reunion and formation of new ethnic minorities

c)

Proliferation of irregular migration and legalization of policies

d)

Transition of countries from immigration to emigration countries

e)

Increasing mobility of highly-qualified personnel

60.

Which immigration country is the least sceptic and most open about migration?

a)

Canada

b)

USA

c)

Australia

d)

UK

61.

Which is not a strategy to regulate international migration?

a)

Asylum policies

b)

Readmission agreements

c)

Regional integration

d)

Border controls

e)

Globalization

62.

Which is not a case for the erosion of the state?

a)

continuing irregular migration despite the governmental efforts to stop it, is proof of the decline of nation state

b)

transnationalism

c)

regional integration

d)

glocalization

63.

Employment sanctions are:

a)

Punishment for employing unauthorized hiring of aliens

b)

Same with legalization programmes

c)

Bracero programmes

d)

Not used

64.

True or False: Turkey never had an amnesty for irregular migrants.

a)

False

b)

True

65.

Turkey is a signatory to the 1951 Geneva Convention, but it kept a geographical ...

a)

limitation

b)

settlement

c)

diaspora

d)

refugee

66.

True or False: In Turkey there is only one status of international protection.

a)

False

b)

True

67.

Which is not a way to address the root causes of international migration?

a)

Development aid

b)

Foreign aid

c)

Direct foreign investment

d)

Trade wars

68.

"Who Are We Allowing in? Who Are We Trying to Keep out?"

4 lines
69.

What are two problems with applying employer sanctions?

4 lines
70.

What was the Bracero Program?

4 lines
71.

Which one is not a trend in international migration?

a)

globalization

b)

localization

c)

feminization

d)

changing direction

72.

Which one is not a trend in international migration?

a)

Differentiation

b)

Politicization

c)

Transition

d)

Masculinity

73.

True or False: The highest number of international migrants by region of destination is Asia.

a)

False

b)

True

74.

True or False: The highest number of international migrants by region of destination is Europe.

a)

False

b)

True

75.

True or False: International migration within the African continent is much higher than migration from Africa to Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

76.

True or False: International migration categories are absolute.

a)

True

b)

False

77.

True or False: Refugees and asylum seekers are forced migrants.

a)

True

b)

False

78.

"A Refugee is a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted on account of .... is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country." Which one cannot replace ... ?

a)

race

b)

religion

c)

class

d)

membership of a particular social group

e)

political opinion

79.

True or False: Refugees and asylum seekers are usually moving for economic reasons.

a)

True

b)

False

80.

International migrant whose mobility cannot be regularized by the states is called (a)   migrant.

81.

True or false: We have very accurate numbers of irregular migration.

a)

False

b)

True

82.

Dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries is called (a)  

83.

True or false: Human trafficking and migrant smuggling are the same thing.

a)

False

b)

True

84.

True or false: Migrant smuggling is modern day slavery.

a)

False

b)

True

85.

Definition of refugee is coming from the 1951 (a)   Convention.

86.

Reza is from Afghanistan. His country is very poor, he can not find any jobs. He and his family are starving. He escapes to Europe. He is a/an .... .

a)

Refugee

b)

Immigrant

c)

Asylum seeker

d)

IDP

87.

Migrants are Tourists

a)

True

b)

False

88.

Climate change causes migration

a)

True

b)

False

89.

Migration impacts…

a)

Host country

b)

Origin country

c)

Both are correct

90.

There are … objectives in the Global Compact for Migration.

a)

23

b)

24

c)

25

91.

Aid given to origin countries reduce numbers of migrants

a)

True

b)

False

92.

Mobility = migration

a)

True

b)

False

93.

Which country sends the most refugees (as of 2018)?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Syria

c)

Yemen

d)

Afghanistan

94.

Things that attract people to a new place are called

a)

Push factors

b)

Pull factors

95.

Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

96.

An example of a push factor is...

a)

A new job

b)

A better school

c)

Natural disaster

d)

Better health care

97.

How many Syrian refugees live in Turkey?

a)

Over 300,000

b)

Over 3 million

c)

Over 30,000

d)

Over 30million

98.

What is the main PUSH factor that forced Syrians out of their country?

a)

Civil War

b)

Famine

c)

2008 financial crisis

d)

Increase in house prices

99.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why so many Syrians migrated to Turkey?

a)

Close proximity and shared border.

b)

Similar Islamic religious beliefs

c)

Turkish people have been very welcoming of all migrants

d)

Turkey is a gateway to Europe

100.

Migration is the temporary or permanent change of the place of residence

a)

False

b)

True

101.

Migration is a ________ part of humanity and its history

a)

Natural

b)

Abnormal

c)

Foreign

d)

External

102.

True or False: International migration is related with development in two main ways.

a)

True

b)

False

103.

Check the correct statements.

a)

Disparities in development can be incentive to migrate.

b)

Development does not cause migration, it is just a result.

c)

International migration impacts on development in origin countries.

d)

Migration is not a cause of migration, just a result.

104.

Fill in the blank: .... refers to money sent home by migrants abroad.

a)

Remittance

b)

Development

c)

Emigration

d)

Finance

105.

Which ones are ways that migrants send home money?

a)

Migrants taking home cash when they return for visits.

b)

Sending home money with friends or relatives.

c)

Entrepreneurs and traders who travel regularly to and from home carry money back for migrants for a small commission, like mulas in Cuba.

d)

Hawilaad system.

106.

True or False: According to the World Bank, global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown.

a)

True

b)

False

107.

True or False: In developing countries remittances are the least important source of external funding.

a)

True

b)

False

108.

Which one is the top country of remittance recipient in 2019?

a)

Mexico

b)

India

c)

USA

d)

Ukraine

109.

Which country is the top recipient of remittances in terms of percentage of GDP?

a)

Mexico

b)

Samoa

c)

Turkey

d)

Tonga

110.

What are the 3-Ts?

a)

transportation-tourism-telecommunications

b)

tourism-television-technology

c)

telecommunications-technology-teleport

d)

television-tourism-technology