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Migration and Immigration

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are some countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa handling concerns about demographic consequences due to changing gender roles?

a)

These countries only allow women who are married to emigrate with their husbands.

b)

These countries actively encourage women to emigrate on their own.

c)

These countries are legally barring women from emigrating.

d)

These countries permit only women who are providers to emigrate.

e)

These countries are removing regulations about who is permitted to emigrate.

2.

A large population competing for limited employment is an example of which push or pull factor?

a)

Political pull factor

b)

Economic push factor

c)

Environmental pull factor

d)

Environmental push factor

e)

Economic pull factor

3.

Which of the following is an example of transnational migration?

a)

A woman and her son move from Bangkok, Thailand, to Los Angeles, California.

b)

Two brothers move from Canada's Atlantic coast to Quebec, Canada.

c)

Many Syrians are internally displaced because of the civil war.

d)

A man headed to Chicago stops in Denver to earn money for a few years.

e)

A community of nomads in Africa are regarded as stateless by African nations.

4.

Which of the following is an example of an intervening opportunity?

a)

On his way to New York City, a migrant takes a permanent job in New Jersey.

b)

A migrant is denied asylum at the U.S. border.

c)

Earthquake damage dissuades a migrant from staying in Thailand.

d)

A refugee is detained in Myanmar.

e)

A migrant is jailed for participating in pro-democracy activities in a neighboring country.

5.

According to the distance decay model, to where are refugees most likely to relocate?

a)

A neighboring country

b)

A distant country

c)

An unfamiliar country

d)

A rural area in a distant country

e)

An urban area in a distant country

6.

Which term best describes the idea that, from 1950 to 2050, the percentage of the world's population living in cities will increase by about 38 percent?

a)

Transhumance

b)

Environmental pull factor

c)

Transmigration

d)

Urbanization

e)

Distance decay

7.

In recent years, why have fewer refugees been able to repatriate?

a)

They do not have the proper documentation.

b)

The refugee camps are better for supporting their long-term needs.

c)

More refugees have fallen victim to human trafficking and cannot escape.

d)

Asylum countries offer refugees better situations than home countries.

e)

Ongoing conflicts persist in home countries.

8.

Which of the following countries had the largest number of internally displaced persons in 2017?

a)

Colombia

b)

Iraq

c)

Syria

d)

Ukraine

e)

Yemen

9.

Why do internally displaced persons remain within their country's border?

a)

They don't want to spend money.

b)

They can rely on government protection.

c)

They stay to avoid international violence.

d)

They hope that the conflicts will subside.

e)

They receive more attention than refugees.

10.

Which time span had the highest number of Asian immigrants arriving in the United States?

a)

1880-1889

b)

1900-1909

c)

1930-1939

d)

1990-1999

e)

2000-2009

11.

What type of migration plays a strong role as Somali communities grow in the United States?

a)

Transhumance

b)

Chain migration

c)

Step migration

d)

Rural-to-urban migration

e)

Circular migration

12.

Concerns over spreading communism resulted in a U.S.-led war in Laos, fought primarily by the Hmong people in the 1960s and 1970s. Which of the following best describes why the Hmong in Laos became asylum seekers?

a)

The war greatly limited the resources in the region.

b)

The Laos government threatened any Hmong who sided with communists.

c)

The Laos government threatened any Hmong who sided with the United States.

d)

The Hmong people wanted to practice Christianity.

e)

A tsunami devastated the region's agriculture.

13.

What is a shortage of people trained in a particular industry known as?

a)

Brain drain

b)

Skills gap

c)

Intervening obstacle

d)

Distance decay

e)

Economic push factor

14.

What is an example of brain drain?

a)

Remittances made up 10 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product in 2017.

b)

Thirty-five percent of Miami's population is of Cuban descent.

c)

There are not enough doctors in Africa to meet population healthcare needs.

d)

Migrants who repatriate to a developing country often bring higher expectations.

e)

A large influx of migrants causes a society to change.

15.

What is an example of relocation diffusion?

a)

Drumming used to communicate among tribes in Africa

b)

The combined Mexican and American cuisines known as Tex-Mex

c)

The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia

d)

The early belief in China that calligraphy was the highest visual art form

e)

Guest workers sending remittances home to family members

16.

Which of the following is an overall trend in migration?

a)

From communist countries to democratic countries

b)

From more economically developed countries to less economically developed countries

c)

Between countries with similar economies

d)

From warm-climate countries to cold-climate countries

e)

From less economically developed countries to more economically developed countries

17.

A person living in Town A moves three times, as shown in the diagram, and settles in Town D. This is an example of

a)

Chain migration

b)

Step migration

c)

Distance decay

d)

Intervening obstacle

e)

Intervening opportunity

18.

In some countries, a foreign person who is given temporary permission to live and work in a host country is known as

a)

guest worker

b)

temporary laborer

c)

host laborer

d)

interim worker

e)

provisional laborer

19.

A refugee is defined as a person

a)

who willingly left his or her homeland for better opportunities in another country

b)

who illegally resides in a country other than his or her homeland

c)

who works outside of his or her home country

d)

who flees their home country due to war or persecution

e)

who was deported from a country back to his or her homeland

20.

Which of the following is NOT one of Ravenstein's migration laws?

a)

Most migration is rural to urban

b)

Migrants traveling long distances will likely settle in a big city

c)

People in rural areas are more migratory than city dwellers

d)

Most migration is step migration

e)

Most international migrants are young women

21.

Which type of diffusion is migration considered?

a)

relocation diffusion

b)

expansion diffusion

c)

stimulus diffusion

d)

hierarchical diffusion

e)

contagious diffusion

22.

All of the following are examples of forced migration EXCEPT

a)

the Trail of Tears in the early 19th century

b)

the Atlantic slave trade

c)

the California gold rush in the mid-19th century

d)

the Irish Potato Famine from 1846 to 1850

e)

the Japanese interment camps during World War II

23.

An example of _______ is the migration of lawyers and architects to the United States after they have received years of government - financed schooling and training in India.

a)

brain drain

b)

chain migration

c)

chain drain

d)

net migration

e)

step migration

24.

A person who flees quickly in order to stay alive but does not leave their country would be considered

a)

refugess

b)

asylum seeker

c)

internally displaced person

d)

internationally displaced person

e)

cultural migrant

25.

You are planning to move from your hometown to Nashville. Along the way, you stop in Auburn, Alabama to visit a relative and fall in love with the city! You decide to stay and make Auburn our new home. This is an example of

a)

intervening opportunity

b)

distance decay

c)

involuntary migration

d)

push-pull factors

e)

transhumance

26.

Which of the following is the primary reason people migrate.

a)

Economic opportunity

b)

Cultural oppression

c)

Overpopulation

d)

pollution

e)

Family

27.

The nineteenth-century emigration of a large number of Swedes from a particular region of Sweden to Isanti County, Minnesota, as a result of communications from friends and relatives who preceded them there is an example of

a)

brain drain

b)

chain migration

c)

net migration

d)

internal migration

e)

counterurbanizationn

28.

The Berlin Wall, the Great Wall of China, and DMZ would be considered

a)

intervening obstacle

b)

intervening opportunity

c)

step migration

d)

chain migration

e)

expansion diffusion

29.

The act of migrants sending money to family in their home country is termed

a)

alimony

b)

allowance

c)

subsidence

d)

remittance

e)

restitution

30.

Match the following

a)

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

1.

mobility

b)

Temporary, repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis

2.

circulation

c)

The permanent movement of people from one place to another

3.

human migration

d)

Movement away from a location.

4.

emigration

e)

Movement to a location

5.

immigration

31.

Match the following

a)

The difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location

1.

net migration

b)

Predicts the interaction between two or more places

2.

gravity model

c)

A positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

3.

pull factor

d)

A negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

4.

push factor

32.

A country with a net-in migration has

a)

More immigrants than emigrants

b)

More emigrants than immigrants

c)

An equal number of immigrants and emigrants

d)

Not enough information to answer this question

33.

Who famously created a set of "Laws of Migration"?

a)

Ernst Ravenstein

b)

Wilbur Zelinsky

c)

Thomas Malthus

d)

Carl Sauer

34.

Which of these is an environmental push factor?

a)

Heavy pollution

b)

Outbreaks of violence

c)

Pleasing aesthetics

d)

Lack of jobs

35.

Pull factors:

a)

Incentivize people to migrate to a country

b)

Disincentivizes people to migrate to a country

c)

Disincentivizes people to have more children

d)

Incentivizes people to have more children

36.

According to Ravenstein, who is most likely to migrate?

a)

Older married couples

b)

Parents with children

c)

Young, single men

d)

Widowed women

37.
The difference between a migrant and a refugee is that
a)
refugees don't usually seek to return to their home. 
b)
refugees move as a result of catastrophic events in their homeland. 
c)
refugees plan their moves weeks or months in advance
d)
refugees are usually young and single 
38.
As predicted by the gravity model, a significant intraregional migration has occurred from Afghanistan to _____________.
a)
Pakistan
b)
France
c)
Brazil
d)
Australia
39.
Transhumance migration is usually associated with 
a)
factory work
b)
livestock movement
c)
intercultural exchanges
40.
According to Ravenstein which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Most migrants are young adults.
b)
Most migration is over very long distance
c)
Migration is most often for economic reasons.
d)
Migration occurs in steps.