Chapter 3
- Migration - Reading Guide
, Where are Migrants Distributed?
immigration Migration to a new location
Define emigration Migration from a location
Using figure 3-‐1, briefly
state what one would
Migration Transition
expect to occur, in terms of
As applied to the Demographic Transition Model
migration, in each stage of
the demographic transition Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3&4
model, as it is applied to a
migration transition. High High High
daily/seasonal international international
mobility in emigration and immigration and
search of food interregional intraregional
migration from migration from
rural to urban cities to suburbs
areas
What are Ravenstein’s two 1. Most migrants relocate a short distance and
laws for distance in relation remain within the same country
of migrants? 2. Long-distance migrants to other countries head
for major centers of economic activity
Migration may be classified International is a permanent move from one country to
as either international or another. While internal is a permanent move within the
internal. What is the same country.
difference?
What types of push factors Cultural and economic
are usually responsible for
voluntary migration?
What types of push factors Political and environmental
are usually responsible for
forced migration (refugees)?
Define interregional migration Movement from one region of a country to another
Define intraregional migration Movement within one region
Read the section, 1. Asia to Europe
International Migration 2. Asia to North America
Patterns on page 81, and 3. From Latin America to North America
then make 5 summary 4. Developing to developed countries
statements regarding global 5. The US has about 43 million foreign-born
migration patterns. residents