FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

MIGRATION EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -49 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: the tendency for interaction between two places to decline as distance between the places increases

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distance decay Question 2: a refugee that stays in his/her home country rather than leave for another country

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internally displaced person

Question 3: the most populated island in Indonesia

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Java Question 4: something that causes a migrant to voluntarily stop short of his/her intended destination

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intervening opportunity

Question 5: the estimated number of undocumented immigrants in the US right now

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10-12 million Question 6: Currently the most important source for US immigrants is this country

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Mexico

Question 7: Movement that may never include a return home.

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migration

Question 8: in the early 19th century most US immigrants came from here

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Great Britain Question 9: according to Ravenstein, migrants who travel longer distances tend to settle in these

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large cities Question 10: Brazil tried to encourage migration to the ______ by building a capital city there.

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interior

Question 11: money that is sent by migrants to their home country

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remittance Question 12: the area within which a person's daily activities (shopping, work, school, etc.) occur

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activity space

Question 13: Regular movement among a set number of places, with no permanent home.

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nomadism

Question 14: geographer who created the "Laws of Migration"

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Ernst Ravenstein

Question 15: the largest forced migration in US history

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slave trade

Question 16: the tendency for urban residents to move to suburbs or rural areas

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counterurbanization Question 17: the loss of a country's best and most talented individuals due to emigration

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brain drain Question 18: migration from one part of a country to another region within the same country

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internal migration

Question 19: migration in which the migrants are forced to move

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forced migration Question 20: connections that people have with friends and family who have moved to a new place

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kinship links

Question 21: an area of a country or region that enjoys a higher level of prosperity and economic opportunity than the surrounding areas

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island of development Question 22: the primary pull factor for emigration to California during the 1840s and 1850s

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gold rush

Question 23: Movement that involves a short period away from home.

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cyclic movement Question 24: migration waves that are driven by family and/or ethnic connections

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chain migration

Question 25: something that makes a person want to leave his/her home

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push factor

Question 26: the single most important cause for voluntary migration

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economics

Question 27: the journey from work and back again

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commute

Question 28: a person who moves into a country from another country

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immigrant