MIG - Review Lesson

Review

Review the lesson material below. Use the following study guide, along with your key terms list, to prepare for the module test.

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• What is mobility?
  • What is the difference between circulation and migration?
    • What are transhumance, seasonal and cyclic movement?
    • What is activity space?

 

• What is the difference between Immigration and emigration?
• What is net-migration?
• What patterns are seen worldwide?

 

• What are push factors versus pull factors?
• Why do people move?
• What are Life Course changes?

 

• Ravenstein's Laws of Migration
• Who was Ernst Ravenstein?
• Which of his "laws" still apply?
• What does each "law" mean?

 

• What is the Gravity Model?

 

• What is distance-decay?

 

• What is migration selectivity?

 

• What is rural-urban movement?
• What is counter-urbanization?
• What is suburbanization?

 

• What is chain migration?
• How does this lead to:
• Cluster migration
• Ethnic enclaves
• Ethnic islands

 

• What is step migration?
• What are intervening opportunities?
• What are intervening obstacles?

 

• What are the main differences between forced migration and voluntary migration?
• What are examples of each type of movement?
• Where do these types of migration most often occur?

 

• What are some important place utility factors?

 

• What is the difference between internal and international migration?
• Where does each type of migration most frequently occur?
• What patterns can be seen worldwide?

 

• What are the immigrant waves and patterns within US history?

 

• What are undocumented immigrants?
• Where are there large groups of undocumented immigrants?
• What are amnesty programs?

 

• Wilbur Zelinsky's Migration Transition
• Who was Wilbur Zelinsky?
• How does this model compare to the DTM?
• What are the patterns within each stage of this model?

 

• What are refugees?
• What are the rules for immigration of refugees?
• What is asylum?

 

• What is the difference between intraregional and interregional migration?

 

• What is "brain drain"?
• Why does this occur?
• Where does this occur?  

 

• What are guest workers?
• Where do guest worker programs exist?
• Why are these programs necessary?  

 

• Patterns within the US
• What are the historic and modern movements within the US?

 

• How have different races created different patterns?

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