Exam 3: Migration

You might propose a(n) ________ program for your country if you wanted to hire a large number of manual laborers from neighboring countries to build a large dam or canal, with the understanding that they would not be granted any other privileges or legal status in your country, after the project is finished.

Many Argentinians who fled the country in the 1970s, when the country was ruled by a military regime, returned to the country after democratic elections were held in 1983. We might categorize this as an example of

Describe the similarities and differences between unauthorized immigrants to the United States and guest workers in Europe.

Most migration occurs because of a combination of push and pull factors.

Migration from rural to urban areas is called counterurbanization.

Examine patterns of global economic shifts, such as recessions, and discuss how these may affect global and regional migrant flows. Provide three or four specific, historical examples of these shifting patterns, and consider both push and pull factors in your answer.

Countries with slow population growth but strong economies commonly experience out-migration.

Most European guest workers come from which parts of Europe?

Given your knowledge of historical changes in U.S. quota laws, what changes would you recommend to reform the quota system that exists today? Why? In other words, what special consideration might you give certain populations, countries, or areas of the world in formulating immigration policy? You may develop any hypothesis or perspective that you wish, but you should refer to specific examples or data in the textbook to support your reasoning.

Counterurbanization is

Given the patterns of relocation diffusion and monetary exchanges possible today, we can deduce that flows of people can move in and out of the United States more easily than flows of money can.

Compare and assess the data provided on this chapter's map(s) of refugees, and judge which Latin American countries seem to show more evidence of forced migration. What other factors might also be at work, other than forced migration?

Which of the three migration factors has been the most important pull factor for immigration to the United States?

An analysis of the chapter's map(s) of refugees suggests that

Judge which of the following is the strongest example of a state government attempting to limit migration.

Refugees have engaged in forced migration.

U.S. quota laws from the 1920s until the 1960s had the effect of

Imagine that your Caribbean island of 10,000 people is a colony of the United Kingdom. A volcano erupts, forcing 8,000 people to flee their homes and making three-fourths of the island uninhabitable. The remaining part of the island has few resources and can only support 2,000 people. What should be done about the other 8,000 people? Explain your "disaster response" plan in the short term (the first few weeks) and in the long term: where and how should they live afterward? How might U.K. attitudes toward immigrants affect your plan?

Most migrants to the United States during the peak of the late nineteenth century came from which parts of Europe?

Mexico's immigration policy