Migration
Moving to a new home within a state, country, or continent is ______________.
What is internal migration?
____________ is migration between continents.
What is intercontinental migration?
The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.
What is net migration?
An environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration.
What is an intervening obstacle?
____is the total number of live births for every 1,000 people in a given year.
What is crude birth rate?
_________ is the movement of people from one place in the world to another for the purpose of taking up permanent or semipermanent residence, usually across a political boundary.
What is migration?
___________migration occurs when people choose to move.
What is voluntary migration?
A voluntary migrant who temporarily migrates to another country seeking job opportunities
What is a guest worker?
It is the average of how many years a newborn is expected to live.
What is life expectancy?
Moving into a new country is _____________.
What is immigration?
_____________ is migration within countries.
What is interregional migration?
When people are forced to migrate but still within their borders.
What are internally displaced people (IDP)
___________, ____________, ____________, and ________________ are four types of push and pull factors.
What are environmental, political, economic, and cultural factors?
Areas where humans permanently settle.
What is ecumene?
_Immigrants often move to places where family members and friends from their home country have already migrated.
What is chain migration?
___________ are the voluntary movements of immigrants back to their place of origin.Another name for this migration is _____________.
What is return migration? What is circular migration?
_______________ are reasons for immigrating (moving into a place) because of something desirable such as a nicer climate, better food supply, freedom, etc.
What are pull factors?
The number of people living in a specific area, such as a city, country, or region, and its characteristics, distribution, and dynamics.
What is population?
Average number of children born to a woman of childbearing age
What is the total fertility rate?
A person who migrates to another country hoping to be recognized as a refugee.
What is an asylum seeker?
A ____________ is a person who is residing outside the country of his or her origin due to fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
What is a refugee?
Scientists that study population issues are called____.
What is a demographer?
A situation where a region's population exceeds its capacity.
What is overpopulation?