Human Geography Migration Vocabulary Review

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.

Large scale emigration by talented people.

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

All types of movement from one place to another (easily/freely)

A person with temporary permission to work in another country

When people exhibit many differences

Factors like famine, war, unstable government, religious persecution, etc.

Migration that is repeated annually or seasonally.

A person moves from California to New York

Movement from one region of a country to another.

Net migration from urban areas to rural areas in more developed countries.

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

People who flee their country and cannot return

A person from Mexico is headed to find work in Oklahoma, but finds a job in Lubbock on the way.

Theory that states that immigrants retain their own cultural identity in a new place.

An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.

Movement that is temporary, to a recurrent location.

Moving from Corpus Christi to Galveston along the Texas coast.

Process by which a person acquires the social characteristics of a group.

A place where different types of people live together and gradually create one community.