Chapter 3 ap exam
What's the problem in Sri Lanka
Refugee problem- civil war causing refugee problem
Examples of fortified barriers to migration
Rio grande, Great Wall of china, Berlin Wall
Since 9/11 what happened ?
Security concerns : operation liberty shield (33 countries related to Al-Qaeda)
Western Hemisphere: Largest IDP Are from? When? Why?
-Columbia -Political violence -2013 -5.7 million
Who is migrating to northern Mexico? What's the problem?
-Huichol -Moving to northern Mexico because of jobs
Modern migration #5: Who are they? Why did they migrate? Where did they go? Who transported them? Where is Trinidad located?
-Indians from British Empire -to move Indians over there -Venezuela -British -Venezuela (Caribbean)
South east Asia: largest IDP (internally displaced persons) Are from? Why? when?
-Myanmar -escaping from violence -1990s
European migration: Who is going to France? Who is going to Germany? Why?
-North Africa -turkey -guest workers
What are Ravensteins laws or migration
-every migration flow generates a return or counter migration -The majority of migrants move a short certain distance - migrants who move longer distances tend to choose big city destinations -Urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas -families are less likely to make international moves then young adults
Commuters in Washington, DC may travel up to how many miles to work daily?
100 miles
How many illegal immigrants in 2013?
11.7 in legal immigrants in 2013
When did European migration to colonies reach it peak?
1835-1935
Which years did European emmigration increased sharply
1835-1935
Australia white policy
1970
In 32 years, how many people immigrated legally to the U.S. beginning in 1980?
25,000 migrants or more?
Human trafficking: how many victims in the US
40,000 victims
Know how many countries practice selective migration.
5 countries (south Africa, new Zealand, Australia, brazil, and Singapore)
How many legal Mexican immigrants in the US in 2013
5,898,000
Who is Ernst Ravenstein
A British demographer finding an answer to why people voluntarily migrate
What is a refugee?
A person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion
What is transhumance
A system of pastoral farming which livestock according to the seasonal availability of pastures
Your daily routines describe which type of movement? A. cyclic B. periodic C. transhumance D. internal migration E. nomadism
A. cyclic
The practice of barring certain individuals (those with criminal records, poor health, and subversive activities) from coming into the country is known as: A. selective immigration B. internal migration C. quota system D. forced migration E. chain migration
A. selective immigration
Who are the Kurds?
After war they did borders that they didn't tell the people from Middle East. Hoping to have one day to be Kurdistan
Which state has the highest percentage of change?
Alaska Texas Utah Colorado and North Dakota
It's 2000-2009 who is immigrating to the US?
Asia and Latin America
What did Australia change in the 1970s in terms of their immigration policies?
Australia white only policy
Which two ethnic groups immigrated to the United States in the greatest numbers since the 1990s A. Europeans and Asians B. Latinos and Asians C. Africans and Europeans D. Australians and Asians E. Latinos and Australia
B. Latinos and Asians
Which of the following is a consequence of the large number of men who died in both world wars? A. Large numbers of Algerians migrated to German-speaking countries B. After the war, women replaced men in factory jobs C. Germany, in particular, brought in guest workers mainly from Turkey D. Most European countries adopted restrictive immigration policies E. The center of European population shifted to the southeast
C. Germany, in particular, brought in guest workers mainly from Turkey ?
Which of the following was NOT given as a reason for the disparity between the UN's calculation of global refugees and the numbers given by other organizations? A. The UN inflates the numbers, thus requiring a bigger budget to provide aid to refugees B. There are different definitions for what the constitutes a refugee C. Refugees often fee to remote areas where they cannot be counted D. Governments sometimes manipulate refugee numbers for political reasons E. A distinction is made between internally displaced and international refugees
C. Refugees often fee to remote areas where they cannot be counted ?
According to the human migration in modern times map, why are people of Indian descent found in South Africa? A. They where the original inhabitants B. they were volunteer migrants from North America C. They were volunteer migrants from North America D. They were forced migrants from North American E. they were forced migrants from India
C. They were volunteer migrants from India
Which of the following is an example of chain migration? A. drought leads to famine in the Punjab which leads to desperation, which leads to emigration. B. the Dutch first brought people from Indonesia to the Caribbean, and then from other Dutch Colonies around the world C. One village after another comes under attack by rebels, forcing the people of those villages to migrate to safer areas D. In a rural town in Jalisco, Mexico, one person manages to migrate legally to the United States and settles in Elgin, Illnois. He finds a job and prospers, and writes home of his success. 10 years later there is a community of 350 people from Jalisco living in Elgin. E. Refers specifically to migrations from Central America, starting in Mexico, then moving through the central American states of Guatemala, belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, el Salvador, costa rica and finally panama
D. In a rural town in Jalisco, Mexico, one person manages to migrate legally to the United States and settles in Elgin, Illnois. He finds a job and prospers, and writes home of his success. 10 years later there is a community of 350 people from Jalisco living in Elgin.
According The average refugees by origin map which two countries have the largest number of refugees (figure 3.16) A. China and Vietnam B. Colombia Russia C. Somalia and Sudan D. Iraq and Afghanistan E. Indonesia & India
D. Iraq and Afghanistan
What is the name for the seasonal migration of farmers in the cattle up and down the menace ups of Switzerland? A. Internal migration B. Commuting C. Activity spaces D. Transhumance E. voluntary migration
D. Transhumance
Which of the following describes the term for a Haitian working in the United States and sending money back home to his/her family? A. the gravity model B. push factor C. immigration D. remittances E. the bracero program
D. remittances
Where are the major concentrations of Chinese immigrants
Dark shaded areas
In mathematical terms , it is the multiplication of the populations of two places divided by the distance between them. A. law of migration B. intervening opportunity C. push-pull equation D. transhumance E. gravity model
E. Gravity model
What is one of the consequences of the fences the United States built along the border with Mexico, especially those separating cities on both sides of the border? A. since the fences are designed to be attractive and friendly, relations between the countries have improved B. U.S. companies are investing in more maquiladoras C. Desperate migrants have started carrying guns and confronting the border patrol D. Remittances from United States to Mexico have been sharply reduced E. It forces illegal immigrants to cross in hostile terrain, such as deserts, leading more peopling dying.
E. It forces illegal immigrants to cross in hostile terrain, such as deserts, leading more peopling dying.
What are the lost boys of Sudan
Fled their homelands between the ages of seven and 17 in the face of devastating so award and the closing decades of the 20th century
Who were the "Lost Boys" and where did they come from?
Fled their homelands between the ages of seven and 17 in the face of devastating so award and the closing decades of the 20th century. fleeing countries
Figure 3.17
From Syria to Lebanon and leaving because of war
Political circumstances of migration
Idi Amin (dictator of Uruguay) tried kicking out Asians. Killing them and pushing them out of the country
What is selective migration?
In which individuals with certain backgrounds (criminal records, poor health, subversive activities) are barred from entering
What is cyclic movement
Involves shorter regular chips away from home for defined amount of time
Forest involuntary migration
Irish potato famine in, British pushing out the Irish because of religion. Irish= Catholic British= Prodecine
Who are taliban?
Islamic fundamental (people who we are fighting today) obeying the Torah. Male dominated society. Death is punishment
Rereconnection of cultural groups:
Israel and palestine (world war 2) (europeans wanted a holy land) -Golan heights & West Bank
Why did Yugoslavia collapse?
It collapsed in the 1990s because of associated conflicts created a largest refugee crisis in Europe since the end or world war 2
Migration patterns in smaller regions like Peru
Less mobile society than US from rural to urban (Lima) moving to cities
Policy changed in 9/11
Liberty shield (33 countries had Al-Qaeda)
Nomadic movement?example
Matter of survival culture tradition seasonal movement travel familiar routes (repeat)
What is internal migration
Migration that occurs within a single countries border
Periodic movement's? Examples
Military service going to college migrant laborers and transhumance
States abbreviations for figure (changing center of population)
Missouri (MO) Illinois (IO) Ohio (OH) West Virginia (WV) Virginia (VA) Maryland (MD)
What are remittances?
Money migrants send home
Atlantic trade: where did most /least African American slaves go
Most: South & Caribbean Least: South America
Know the number of slaves that went to each country during the Atlantic slave trade
Most= to south America Caribbean and least went to American south? pushed out from Portugal & spain
What are islands of development?
Nigeria Sudan Ethiopia Angola and South Africa
Ex. Of forced migration
Penial Colony (Port Royal; Australia)
Role of Soviets in Afghanistan
Puppet Regime (soviet union having control of Afghanistan) left from Afghanistan to Pakistan
Which region of dislocation has the largest refugee problem
Southwest Asia (Middle East) & North Africa
What has Canada done to recruit agricultural laborers
Temporary visas travel and recruit from Mexico
What affected the Caribbean island of Montserrat
Volcanic eruption; Caribbean island of Montserrat affecting people of moving out
What is chain migration and when does it occur?
When a migrant chooses a destination and writes, calls, or communicates through others to tell family and friends at home about the new place, the migrant helps create a positive perception of the destination for family and friends, and may promise help with migration by providing housing and assistance obtaining
What is gravity model?
Which predicts interaction between places on the basis of their population size and distance between them
What is a gypsy?
a member of a traveling people traditionally living by itinerant trade and fortune telling. Gypsies speak a language (Romany) that is related to Hindi and are believed to have originated in South Asia.
What is a patriot?
a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors
What is chain migration?
flows along and through kinship links
The vast majority of Legal agricultural workers in Canada are?
from Mexico
What are oriental exclusion acts?
help prevent Chinese moving into California
pull factors
higher standard of living more jobs more wages stable political conditions stable climates
What is Nomadism?
is matter of survival, culture, and tradition
What is selective immigration?
is when individuals of certain backgrounds are barred from entering a place.
What do gender studies indicate about men and women about migration?
men are more mobile than woman and men migrate farther than woman
What is asylum refusal?
migrants not being able to get into refugee camps?
What did congress pass in the U.S. between 1882-1907? And why?
oriental exclusion acts because to help prevent Chinese moving into California
Know about the civil war beginning in 1979 in Afghanistan and what it did in terms of people leaving the country.
people leaving from Pakistan to Iran, ongoing civil war with Syria contributed to displaced persons and refugees
Push factors
poverty, few jobs, low wages, slavery, religion, political stability, little water, adverse physical conditions, dangerous regions
What is a fortified barrier?
rio grande, great wall of china, berlin wall
What concern has there been since 2001 in the U.S.?
security concerns
Where was the center of the U.S. population located in 2010?
shows movement from 1790 - 2010, moving South West to Texas -Appalachian Mountains were an intervening obstacle ?
During the twentieth century in the U.S., where were internal migration streams moving people?
took 10,000 of African American families from Southern US to industrialized cities of Northeast and Midwest
what did Hurricane Katrina, the eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, and the Irish famine of the 1840s do in terms of migration?
voluntary/forced migration
