Question 1

The migration of university students trained in Western-style professions who are enticed by high wages and opportunities is often referred to as:

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A)  prestige economies. 
B)  recruitment agency. 
C)  brain drain. 
D)  internal displacement. 
E)  head hunting.

Question 2

Refugees are:

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A)  immigrants who move to start businesses and conduct trade. 
B)  people who move in search of low-skill and low-wage jobs that native-born workers will not fill. 
C)  highly trained individuals who help fill labor shortage for middle-class and skilled occupations. 
D)  people who have been forced to move beyond their national borders due to natural disasters, political or religious persecution, or violence. 
E)  migrants granted the right to work for a limited time but without long-term rights and privileges.

Question 3

All of the following are effects of remittances sent back to countries of origin, EXCEPT:

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A)  increased social status in local communities for labor immigrants. 
B)  financial resources for roads, schools, and water systems. 
C)  economic support for basic needs like food, shelter, and education. 
D)  increased consumer spending in communities that receive immigrants. 
E)  infrastructure projects such as senior centers, churches, temples, and mosques.

Question 4

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.

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Question 5

While people are ________to migrate by job opportunities, educational opportunities, and access to health care, they are ________to migrate by poverty, famine, war, disease, and religious oppression, among other factors.

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A)  pushed; pulled 
B)  pulled; pushed 
C)  persuaded; dissuaded 
D)  dissuaded; persuaded 
E)  convinced; tricked

Question 6

Global migrations often involve difficult and dangerous journeys between home and destination. 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 Fuzhu, China, discuss some of the bridges and barriers that can shape how and where people migrate. Compare Chen Dawei's story to 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.

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Question 7

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

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A)  The United States passed the National Origins Act. 
B)  The immigration from Eastern Europe and Italy reached its peak. 
C)  The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. 
D)  A wall spanning the U.S.-Mexico border was completed. 
E)  The policy of restricting immigrants with quotas by nationality was ended.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about immigration to the United States is accurate?

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A)  Prior to 1950, 90 percent of immigrants to the United States were from Asia. 
B)  The United States has received just less than one million legal immigrants per year since 2000. 
C)  The United States has the highest proportion of foreign-born residents in the world. 
D)  Americans have migrated to Tonga at high rates since 1975. 
E)  Nearly 40 million residents of the United States were born in foreign countries.

Question 9

Paul Stoller's argument that Muslim street vendors in New York City extend traditions of trade and family ties that have existed for centuries demonstrates the importance of which of the following factors that shape the experience of migrants?

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A)  smuggling 
B)  guest worker programs 
C)  brain drain 
D)  social networks 
E)  speech communities

Question 10

Economic resources sent back to countries of origin play an important role in:

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A)  supporting families and stimulating economic growth in local communities. 
B)  maintaining matriarchal households. 
C)  specifying who and who cannot migrate. 
D)  contributing to the tax base of destination countries. 
E)  finance health insurance exchanges for nonmigrants.

Question 11

According to the textbook, which of the following is NOT a factor that facilitates or hinders migrants in their journey to new countries?

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A)  government immigration policies 
B)  the season of the year when travel takes place 
C)  geographic proximity 
D)  communication technology 
E)  recruitment agencies

Question 12

Which of the following statements about immigrants to the United States is false?

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A)  Very few migrants send remittances to their home countries. 
B)  Similar to other parts of the world, most migrants have working-class backgrounds. 
C)  Migration is most often undertaken by those with financial resources and education. 
D)  Most migrants are undocumented, uneducated, and poor. 
E)  Because migration barriers are so formidable, the brightest and best are often successful.

Question 13

The educational level and skills of most people who migrate illegally tend to be:

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A)  lower than the global average. 
B)  higher than the global average. 
C)  higher than their home country's national average. 
D)  lower than their home country's national average. 
E)  about at their home country's national average.

Question 14

Professional immigrants are:

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A)  immigrants who move to start businesses and conduct trade. 
B)  people who move in search of low-skill and low-wage jobs that native-born workers will not fill. 
C)  highly trained individuals who help fill labor shortage for middle-class and skilled occupations. 
D)  people who have been forced to move beyond their national borders due to natural disasters, political or religious persecution, or violence. 
E)  migrants granted the right to work for a limited time but without long-term rights and privileges.

Question 15

According to the textbook, one of the key reasons that immigration continues to be a controversial issue in the United States is because:

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A)  more than 75 percent of migrants settle in towns of less than 100,000 people. 
B)  immigrants from the Middle East have become the largest single group of migrants. 
C)  the perception that the diversity of the current generation of migrants raises cultural challenges. 
D)  a vast majority of Americans agree we need a wall on the U.S.-Canada border. 
E)  cities in the upper Midwest cannot handle the 400,000 Egyptians that arrive annually.

Question 16

Of the Nikkeijin, or Japanese who live abroad, those who continue to travel back and forth between Japan and Brazil are called:

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A)  assimilated migrants. 
B)  yo-yo migrants. 
C)  refugees. 
D)  internally displaced. 
E)  brain drain.

Question 17

Anthropologist Bruce Whitehouse's research with Malian migrants to Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo suggests that they:

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A)  are mostly Christian. 
B)  mostly work in factories. 
C)  are reshaping globalization from the top down. 
D)  rarely return back to their home community of Togotala. 
E)  are treated like outsiders, segregated by religion and language.

Question 18

Transnationalism is:

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A)  immigrants who continue to travel back and forth between destination and origin countries. 
B)  the process by which immigrants decide to leave the country they migrated to and relocate "home." 
C)  assets and skills such as language, education, or social networks that complement financial resources. 
D)  the maintenance of active participation in political, religious, social, and economic spheres across national borders. 
E)  migration that takes place within borders.

Question 19

A distinguishing feature of contemporary globalization is the high rate of global migration, both between and within nations. Scholars have analyzed how this unprecedented movement is closely linked to uneven development in the global economy. Discuss how uneven development and development policies may influence individual decisions to migrate. Draw on examples from the chapter or your own experience to discuss the diverse range of motivations, destinations, and contexts that shape internal and external migration. How can we understand global migrations in terms of "pushes" and "pulls"?

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Question 20

According to the textbook, an important factor that drives internal migration in China since the 1980s has been:

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A)  repair of the Great Wall of China. 
B)  the creation of export processing zones. 
C)  a state-directed remittance project. 
D)  new guest worker programs. 
E)  a decline in infrastructure projects.

Exam 13: Migration