Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
the world and on its cultural landscapes. Governments attempt to strike a balance
among the need for migrant labor, the desire to help people in desperate circumstances,
and the intent to stem the tide of migration.
As the world's population mushrooms, the volume of migrants will expand. In an
increasingly open and interconnected world, neither physical barriers nor politically
motivated legislation will hold back tides that are as old as human history. Migrations
will also further complicate an already complex global cultural pattern—raising ques-
tions about identity, race, ethnicity, language, and religion, the topics we turn to in the
next four chapters.
Geographic Concepts
remittances
reverse remittances
cyclic movements
periodic movement
migration
activity spaces
nomadism
migrant labor
transhumance
military service
international migration
immigration
internal migration
forced migration
voluntary migration
laws of migration
gravity model
push factors
pull factors
distance decay
step migration
intervening opportunity
deportation
kinship links
chain migration
immigration wave
global-scale migration
explorers
colonization
regional scale
migration
islands of development
Russifi cation
guest workers
refugees
internally displaced
persons
asylum
repatriation
genocide
immigration laws
quotas
selective immigration
Learn More Online
About Immigration to the United States
www.uscis.gov
About Refugees
www.unhcr.org
About Geographic Mobility and Movement in the United States
www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate.html
Watch It Online
About the Migration and Identity
www.learner.org/resources/series85.html#program_descriptions
click on Video On Demand for “A Migrants Heart”
About the United States-Mexico Border Region
www.learner.org/resources/series180.html#program_descriptions
click on Video On Demand for “Boundaries and Borderlands”
