Exam 7: The Migration Transition

The difference between an immigrant and in-migrant is that:

Which of the following is typically NOT a consequence of migration for the donor area?

The most common definition of a permanent migrant is someone who has lived in the new location for at least ___.

Which of the following formulas measures net migration?

Migrants tend disproportionately to be:

The country that currently sends the greatest number of migrants to other countries is:

Modern migration from Mexico to the United States began with a guest worker program.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines a migrant as someone who has moved at least to another:

Which of the following is NOT one of De Jong and Fawcett's major concepts in the migration decision-making process?

The analysis of Massey and his associates suggests that which of the following is the single best explanation of international migration?

In the United States, males are more likely to migrate than are females.

The Great Migration refers to the movement of both whites and blacks out of the south into the northern states.

During which period of time has the United States had the highest percentage of the population that was foreign-born?

The migration rate that uses the demographic balancing equation in its calculation is based on the:

The concept of intervening obstacles reflects the fact that:

The dominant current pattern of migration within the United States is out of the ___ and into the ___:

Which of the following changes is required if you are to be migrant, not just a mover?

If we knew that 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2010 was foreign-born, we would have information about:

A sojourner is considered to be residentially mobile, but not a migrant.

In his classic study of the push-pull theory of migration, Ravenstein argued that the most important motivation to move is: