Unit 3 Key Issue Quizzes

The largest flow of immigrants is from...

1. Asia to Europe 2. Asia to North America 3. Latin America to North America

The government of Russia encouraged interregional migration through which three things?

1. Better wages 2. Earlier retirement 3. More vacations

Most people migrate in search of three objectives, what are they?

1. Economic opportunity 2. Cultural freedom 3. Environmental comfort

Obstacle faced by international migrants are _________?

1. difficulty obtaining permission to enter other countries 2. immigration laws limiting the number of migrants who can enter a country 3. citizens of the destination country who are often hostile 4. difficulty adjusting to a new culture

What are some examples of "Brain Drain"?

1. migration of Russian scientists after the fall of the Soviet Union 2. migration of German aerospace experts following World War 2 3. migration of Cuban doctors after the rise of Fidel Castro 4. graduate students from Least Developed Countries (LDC's) who choose to stay in the US after graduation

According to the UNHCR in 2010, the largest number of refugees were forced to migrate from _________ and ________, which have seen a great deal of armed conflict in recent years.

Afghanistan and Iraq

Most immigration to the US has come from which two regions?

Asia and Latin America

A young man in Vietnam wishes to migrate to another country to help support his family. Judging by current trends, he would most likely migrate to ___________?

China

What is NOT an example of forced migration?

Chinese New Year

US quota laws from the 1920's until the 1960's had the effect of _________________.

Ensuring the majority of migrants continued to be from Europe

During the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century, which country sent the most immigrants to the US?

Germany

The largest source of immigrants to the US are from ______________?

Mexico

What is one of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor?

Opening of a new factory

Most immigrants in Europe who are in search of work today come from ___________.

Poland

The migration transition model predicts that international migration reaches a peak at which stage of the dtm?

Stage 2

What is an example of forced migration?

Trans-Atlantic slave trade

The US center of population has steadily moved to the north, south, east, or west?

West

A principal pull factor in California in the 1850's was...

a gold rush

A physical feature, such as a body of water, might actually aid transportation and migration because ocean travel may be easier than overland travel. However, if that physical feature hinders migration it is an example of _____________.

an intervening obstacle

An example of _____________ is the migration of doctors and engineers to the US after they have received years of government-financed schooling and training in Colombia.

brain drain

Given the textbook's description of Asian migration to the US, we might conclude that most Asians today are migrating to the US through the process of _______________.

chain migration

Suburbanization of more developed countries is due what?

desire to change lifestyle

According to E.G. Ravenstein the most common reason people migrate is for _________________.

economic reasons

A country has net-in migration if immigration _____________ emigration.

exceeds

A permanent move from one country to another is ______________.

international migration

Counterurbanization is...

migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs

The government of Brazil encouraged interregional migration by doing what?

moving the capital

Canada has had the most interregional migration to all the following which provinces?

not nova scotia

People who flee their country because of violence or fear are considered ________.

refugees

Many localities have passed resolutions to help unauthorized immigrants, this movement is called ____________.

sanctuary