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MIGRATION Vocabulary

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An evironmental or political feature that hinders migration.

a)

Intervening obstacle

b)

immigration

c)

net migration

d)

chain migration

2.

During migration, an opportunity that is closer to you which makes an opportunity farther away less likely to travel to

a)

counterurbanization

b)

Quota

c)

intervening opportunity

d)

Intervening obstacle

3.

positive conditions in a place that may attract people to a new place.

a)

push factors

b)

pull factors

c)

net migration

d)

mobility

4.

negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where people live, which entice or attract them to move elsewhere.

a)

push factors

b)

pull factors

c)

migration transition model

d)

forced migration

5.

movement made by people by choice.

a)

voluntary migration

b)

forced migration

c)

immigration

d)

Ravenstein's law

6.

to leave a place

a)

emigration

b)

immigration

c)

forced migration

d)

net migration

7.

to come to a place

a)

immigration

b)

emmigration

c)

mobility

d)

refugee

8.

difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants throughout the year.

a)

net migration

b)

migration transition model

c)

conterurbanization

d)

quota

9.

A type of movement in which people do not choose to relocate, but do so under the threat of violence.

a)

forced migration

b)

voluntary migration

c)

migration transition model

d)

asylum seeker

10.

Population movement from cities to suburbs

a)

Counter urbanization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Suburbanization

d)

Desertification

11.

The process whereby a society changes from a referral to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the population in the proportion of people living in urban areas.

a)

Voluntary migration

b)

Suburbanization

c)

Quota

d)

Urbanization

12.

A net migration from urban to rural areas

a)

Urbanization

b)

Counterurbanization

c)

Suburbanization

d)

Immigration

13.

Claim that the type of migration that occurs within a country depends on how developed it is or what type of society it is.

a)

Demographic transition model

b)

Population pyramid

c)

Migration transition model

d)

Chain migration

14.

A fixed minimum or maximum number of a particular group of people allowed to do something such as immigrants to enter a country, workers to undertake a job, or students to enroll for a course.

a)

Mobility

b)

quota

c)

Remittance

d)

Intervening obstacle

15.

People forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion

a)

Asylum seeker

b)

Guest worker

c)

Remittance

d)

Refugee

16.

A person with temporary permission to work in another country.

a)

Mobility

b)

Remittance

c)

Guest worker

d)

Asylum seeker

17.

Foreign nationals who reside in a country illegally.

a)

Foreign migration

b)

Unauthorized emigrant

c)

Quota

d)

Unauthorized immigrant

18.

Immigrant who is seeking international protection

a)

Quota

b)

Refugee

c)

Asylum seeker

d)

Intervening opportunity

19.

When one family migrate to a new country and the rest of the family followed shortly after

a)

Desertification

b)

Chain migration

c)

Unauthorized immigrants

d)

Refugee

20.

The movement of people from one defined area to another within a country

a)

Internal migration

b)

External migration

c)

Suburbanization

d)

Counterurbanization

21.

The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

a)

Ravenstein’s law

b)

Desertification

c)

Mobility

d)

Suburbanization

22.

Ability to move between different levels in society or employment

a)

Mobility

b)

Guest worker

c)

Migration transition model

d)

Immigration

23.

Money sent to a family or friends in the country left behind

a)

Chain migration

b)

Desertification

c)

Refugee

d)

Remittance

24.

Set of 5 “ laws“ that describes the patterns of behavior associated with human migration

a)

Population density

b)

Ravenstein’s law

c)

Newton’s law

d)

Migration transition model