Unit 4
What is the difference between a refugee and an internally-displaced person (IDP)?
An internally-displaced person has not migrated across an international border.
Which of the following statements regarding Europe's guest worker programs is correct?
Government guest worker programs no longer exist.
Which of the following are beliefs commonly held by opponents of the U.S. immigration policy? Select all that apply.
Immigrants reduce wages of American unskilled laborers, Immigrants exploit taxpayer-funded social services because their use of them outstrips their tax contribution to those same services.
How has the global recession of the early twenty-first century affected immigration to Europe?
Immigration has slowed.
Which statement about types of migration is correct?
International migration can be subdivided into voluntary and forced migration.
Which of the following countries do most unauthorized migrants to the United States come from?
Mexico
Which of the following statements best summarizes the laws of migration relating to distance traveled?
Migrants usually relocate short distances within the same country.
Which of the following statements regarding characteristics of migrants to the United States is correct?
Most migrants are women.
Europe has recently experience a major influx of migrants fleeing civil tumult from which country?
Syria
Which of the following scenarios is an example of chain migration?
a Polish migrant moving to a U.S. city to which his cousin has previously located
Brexit reflects many current trends in European attitudes toward migrants, including
a hardening of attitudes toward economic migrants because of their willingness to take lower-paying jobs.
Whereas in the past, rural Mexican women were expected to marry early and stay in the village to care for children, today more and more are migrating to the United States in search of job opportunities. This trend reflects
a shift in cultural values and expectations partially motivated by changes in the Mexican economy.
The temporary movement of migrant workers between home and host countries to seek employment is known as
circular migration.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the shifting center of population of the United States?
consistent shift westward
The U.S. Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act in 1924
established maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one-year period.
A country has net out-migration if emigration ___ immigration.
exceeds
According to Ravenstein's laws of human migration, which group is least likely to migrate?
families with children
A Syrian family migrated from Syria through Turkey to Greece without immigration documents. Although Greece does not grant the family refugee status and they face the risk of deportation, theirs is a case of international and ___ migration
forced
What type of migration was directly caused by Indian Removal Act of 1830?
forced, internal, cultural
The 1985 Schengen Treaty
gives citizens of one European country the right to hold a job, own property, and live in another European country.
A country that receives migrant workers benefits by ___, but is burdened by___.
having a larger pool of skilled labor; pressure on housing and services, such as healthcare
Which of the following conditions is fueling population growth in Europe?
immigration from other regions
Today, we would consider Native Americans forced from their homes the U.S. government in the nineteenth century an example of
internally displaced persons
The movement of a family from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia is an example of
interregional migration.
Which of the following accurately lists two types of migration?
interregional, intraregional
Which of the following is an example of a negative push factor?
limited resources
Which of the following activities would be considered intraregional migration?
migration from an older, central city to a nearby suburb
The Brazilian government encouraged interregional migration by
moving the capital to Brasilia.
From the discussions of demographic changes within the United States you can deduce that the largest level of interregional migration in the United States was caused by the
opening up of the western territories to settlement.
Unlike in the United States
population growth in Europe is fueled by immigration.
The U.N.H.C.R. (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) identified 3 groups forced to migrate for political reasons. Who are they?
refugees, IDPs, asylum seekers
Based on congressional priorities with respect to immigration, one might assume that the largest numbers of recent immigrants to the United States are
relatives of U.S. residents.
A number of localities along the U.S. southern border have passed local resolutions supporting more rights for unauthorized immigrants; this is a movement known as
sanctuary city.
Which of the following is an example of an environmental pull factor?
sandy beaches
Most migrants to the United States during the early twentieth century came from which part of Europe?
south and east
Arizona's 2010 law enforced
the state's right to determine the immigration status of all individuals.
A poor migrant who moves to another country after receiving a scholarship to attend a prestigious foreign university likely does so for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply.
to improve the likelihood of securing a better-paying job, either at home or abroad, to acquire new skills vital for a specialized trade or craft
In which decade was immigration into the United States lowest?
1930
