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WorksheetsUnit 1 Essential Terms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
force (someone) to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster
metropolitan area
urban sprawl
marginalized
displace
in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
metropolitan area
rural
push factor
revitalization
Conditions in migrants' home countries that make it difficult or even impossible to live there
push factors
rural fringe
emigrate
pull factos
The total number of moves made during a given migration interval that have a common area of origin and a common area of destination.
immigrate
emigrate
urban fringe
migration stream
The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
revitalization
gentrification
urban
immigrate
An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
urban core
rural fringe
suburb
pull factor
treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral.
revitalize
urban sprawl
immigrate
marginalize
The older part of a big city. Often serves as the downtown or business district.
urban sprawl
suburb
urban core
rural
The rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward to rural parts.
urban fringe
urban core
urban sprawl
suburbs
leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another
immigration stream
immigrate
displaced
emigrate
