AP Human Geo Ch. 3

transhumance is

a type of cyclic migration practiced by semi nomadic herders

which of the following regions are currently generating the largest number of refugees?

africa and southwest asia

the sociologist Ravenstein proposed a series of laws which he believed explained migrants. his theories described which of the following?

all of the above

in the gravity model, the attraction between two places and the distance between them

are inversely related

the existence of hindu indian communities in places such as guyana, fiji, and south africa are the result of

british colonial-era movement of time contract workers from south asia

the process of migrants moving to a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known as

chain migration

major routes of human migration before 1950 include all of the following except

china to india

periodic movement is longer than term cyclic movement. all of the following are examples of periodic movement except

commuting to work

the type of movement that involves journeys that begin at and bring us back to our home base is called

cyclic

brain drain is

emigration by educated professionals

the first wave of immigrants to the united states during the nineteenth century came from

england, ireland, and germany

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

ensuring the majority of migrants continued to be from europe

if a country's net migration has a positive value, it indicates that for that country migration _______ emigration

exceeds

which of the following is not presently one of the three largest migration flows in the world?

from africa to europe

which of the following is true of Zelinsky's migration transition model?

international migration is primarily a phenomenon of countries in stage 2 and internal migration is more important in stages 3 and 4

the long-term or permanent relocation of an individual, household, or group to a new location outside the community of origin is called

migration

the graph above indicates that people of a certain age are more likely to migrate long-distances than others, this is an example of what concept?

migration selectivity

counterurbanization is

migration to rural areas and small towns

the most general term for human movement from one location to another whether cyclic or one way or is

mobility

which of the following does not represent one of the world's greatest migrations since 1500?

north americans to australia

reasons why a migrant is attracted to a specific destination are called

pull factors

according to lee's model of migration, reasons why a person feels compelled to leave his or her home area are called

push factors

the largest numbers of recent immigrants to the united states are

relatives of U.S residents

when young women leave the phillipines to work on cruise ships and send much of their earnings home, those monies are referred to as

remittances

which of the following is not an example of a typical intervening obstacle

roads

during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which of the following types of intraregional migration was the most prominent worldwide

rural to urban

which is at present the most prominent intraregional migration trend in the united states

rural to urban

transhumance and vacationing are both examples of the geographic principle of

seasonal migration

the practice of barring certain indivduals (those with criminal records, poor health, subversive activities) from coming into the country is known as

selective immigration

which of the following profiles characterizes the population group that is the most likely to migrate?

single, 25 y/o

europeans have migrated in large numbers to all of the following regions except

southeast asia

the so-called "bamboo network" was created in what region of the world by chinese immigrant families and their business?

southeast asia

over a period of years, a person moves from his farm to a small town, from his small town to a small city, and finally from the small city to a large city. this is an example of

step migration

which of the following is an example of an intervening opprotunity

taking a high paying job while on route to your intended destination

which of the following is not one of ravenstien's laws of migration?

the majority of migrants are uneducated

the largest internal migration in history is

the rural to urban migration in china from 1970 to present

the greatest total number of foreign-born residents can be found in

the united states

which of the following was an example of forced migration

trans-atlantic slave trade

migration streams into the U.S.

were at their lowest point between world war 1 and world war 2

a dreadful conflict in which former european country pushed as many as three million people to migrate from their homes in the 1990s?

yugoslavia