Advanced Placement Human Geography Name



Chapter 3 Study Guide “Migration”

1. How often does the average family in the U.S. move or migrate?

2. Why do many people move to Spain illegally every year?

3. Why is migration called “relocation diffusion”?

4. What is circulation and give an example involving you?

5. What is meant by changing scales, in reference to migration?

6. What are pockets of “local diversity”? (give an example)

7. How has globalization influenced migration?

8. What is the difference between “Push” and “Pull” factors?

9. Name 2 of Ravenstein’s theories of migration.

10. What is “migration transition”?

11. How does the DTM influence migration?

12. Name 2 characteristics of migrants according to Ravenstein.

13. Regarding the gender of migrants, what groups migrate where and why?

14. Why do young people migrate more than older people?

15. How does the principle of “Distance Decay” influence people and where they migrate?

16. Regarding global migration, what regions have more out-migration and what regions have more in-migration?

17. Concerning the “Colonial Immigration Era” what countries sent the most immigrants to the U.S. and for what reasons?

18. Concerning the first peak of 19th Century immigration( 1840s and 1850s),what countries did immigrants come from and for what reasons did they migrate to the U.S.(give 2 reasons)?

19. Concerning the second peak of 19th Century (1870s and 1880s), from what countries did immigrants come from and for what reasons (give 3 reasons)?

20. Concerning the third peak of the 19th Century (1890s to 1910), from what countries did immigrants come from and for what reasons (give 3 reasons)?

21. Why did immigration in the U.S. surge in the late 20th Century and where did these immigrants come from? (name specific countries and reasons why).

22. What did the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act do for immigration?

23. In what parts or regions of the U.S. did most immigrants in the late 20th Century settle?

24. What was the “enclosure movement”?

25. What was Europe’s “safety valve” for many years and why was it called that?

26. What types of economies did Europeans impose on the countries of Africa and Asia when they colonized them (and what were the effects of these systems)?

27. Why has there been a new surge of immigrants in Europe?

28. What factors determine where illegal immigrants settle?

29. How do “Quotas” work?

30. When and why did the U. S. begin to control immigration?

31. Why don’t many Europeans migrate to the U.S. today?

32. What groups are not controlled through quotas?

33. Why are “guest workers” a problem for many countries?

34. Where do most of the “guest workers” in Europe come from today? Name 2 countries.

35. What are “Time-Contract Workers” and what country has contributed the most to other countries in Asia?

36. What countries in Asia (name 3) have the most illegal immigrants and WHY?

37. Why are immigrants from Cuba allowed to entire the U.S. legally and where do they migrate to in the U.S.?

38. Why were immigrants from Haiti treated differently?

39. What was the major “push factor” and the major “pull factor for the “boat people”?

40. Over the years why have immigrants to the U.S. been treated poorly?

41. Specifically, what groups have been discriminated and for what reasons?

42. What kinds of problems occur with “guest workers”?

43. Name 4 reasons why people migrate within a country.

44. In what directions has the center of population moved over the past 200 years and for what reasons?

45. Why have people changed their opinion regarding the “Great American Desert” over the years?

46. Since 1950, what invention has allowed people to migrate into the Deep South?

47. Why have so many people moved to California since 1950?

48. Why did so many Afro-Americans move north in the 1900s?

49. Why did Russia want people to migrate east and why did people resist?

50. What was “Komsomol” and what was its goal?

51. How did Brazil encourage movement west and why?

52. Why did Indonesia encourage people to migrate and where to?

53. What is the “Mezzogiorno” and why is it important to Italians?

54. Why do people in India have to have a permit to migrate?

55. Why are massive numbers of people in Asia, Latin America and Africa migrating to urban areas?

56. What are “favelas”?

57. In MDCs what type of intraregional migration has taken place since 1950?

58. Name 2 reasons for “suburbanization”

59. What is “counterurbanization” and why has this occurred in the late 1900s? (give 3 reasons).

60. Why are many factories locating in rural areas of the U.S.?

61. Where is “Ellis Island” and why was it so important?

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