Exam 13: Migration

Internal migration is often the result of forces beyond our control. Discuss why a two-hour commute, say, from your home in the suburbs to your job in a neighboring state, might be considered a form of internal migration? Why might it not be considered that?

The generation of migrants who left their home countries as adults are known among scholars as which generation?

According to the author, new immigrants in greater Los Angeles are primarily employed as factory workers and as ________.

Although they are typically highly trained individuals, ________ migrants often face downward mobility in destination countries because they cannot obtain the credentials necessary to work.

With which of the following groups do we often associate the idea of remittances?

Which of the following statements about the long-term consequences of Japanese migration to Brazil in the twentieth century is accurate?

What is one of the prices that guest workers usually must pay in order to find work in other countries?

Which of the following includes hometown associations, religious communities, and refugee placement groups that help to resettle newcomers in their destination communities?

What does anthropologist Bruce Whitehouse's research with Malian migrants to Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo suggest?

Which of the following best describes how anthropologists conceptualize migration as a "gendered" process?

What do we call the economic resources that are transferred from migrants to family members or institutions in their country of origin?

Global migrations often involve difficult and dangerous journeys. The possibilities for migrating and ways people move are profoundly shaped by the "bridges and barriers" individuals may face. Drawing primarily on the case study of Chen Dawei, the immigrant from Fuzhou, China, discuss some of the bridges and barriers that can shape how and where people migrate. Compare Chen Dawei's story to that of another migrant who may not have the same bridges and may face more barriers. What are the economic, social, and political factors that may come into play in both home and receiving communities? Once Dawei was in New York, discuss how the decision to migrate still likely shaped his everyday life.

Explain how patterns of migration in recent decades differ from those of past periods. Discuss two examples of immigrant populations, such as people from Spanish-speaking countries or the Middle East. Compare and contrast their motivations for relocating, their strategies for adapting, how they have been received, and the geographic locations to which they have been attracted.

Which country's population, in the early twentieth century, saw hundreds of thousands of their people migrate to Brazil, Peru, and Argentina to seek new economic opportunities?

What happened in the United States in 1965 that shifted patterns of immigration?

Migrants often send economic resources back to their countries of origin. What important role do these resources play?

As increasing numbers of women migrate, how does the immigration experience reshape gender roles and gender relations? Drawing from evidence discussed in the textbook, analyze how migration enhances women's social or economic status as well as the personal and familial costs. How are husbands, children, and other kin affected by migration by women, and how do men experience shifts in gender roles?

People who participate in programs that offer a temporary right to work but have limited long-term rights and privileges are called:

What is one of the key characteristics of professional immigrants?

Discuss how migration is often not an individual choice but rather one that occurs at the household level. How and why do households and families contribute to individual migrations? How do economic processes surrounding remittances influence the migration patterns and possibilities for migrant families?