Exam 3: Migration

What if nearly all highly skilled migrants were barred entry to the U.S.? Imagine the consequences of shutting off all immigration of highly skilled laborers. In your opinion (supported by evidence), would you imagine the short- and long-term consequences to be more positive or negative, or both? Discuss each potential consequence. Formulate your own opinion, but use examples from the textbook to support your argument.

Which factor most often causes voluntary migration?

Forced migration can be caused by "cultural" factors such as ethnic cleansing, warfare, or persecution.

In terms of either internal (domestic) or international migration, what evidence of chain migration can you identify in your community?

Ellis Island

A country has net in-migration if immigration ________ emigration.

Imagine the immediate and long-term consequences of shutting off all immigration of unskilled laborers to the United States. Would you imagine the short- and long-term consequences to be more positive or negative, or both? Would this radical change in policy affect different people, and different economic sectors unevenly? How, or in what ways? Formulate your own opinion, but use examples from the textbook to support your argument.

From the discussions of migration in northern and southern Mexico, we can deduce that the destination for most undocumented immigrants entering Mexico from Guatemala is

An analysis of maps indicates that historically, the center of population in the United States has moved a long distance to the west but not a long distance to the south.

The largest number of legal, documented immigrants to the United States come from what country?

A young man in Vietnam wishes to migrate to another country to help support his family. Judging by current trends, he would most likely migrate to

Given the textbook's description of Asian migration to the United States, we might conclude that most Asians today are migrating to the U.S. through the process of

During the 1980s, what country provided the largest number of unauthorized immigrants to the United States?

Most guest workers head for which parts of Europe?

The difference between the number of people migrating to a place and the number leaving is called net migration.

In the United States, which is likely to cause virtually all population growth in the next few decades?

Most of the migrants in a country once moved from its eastern provinces to its western provinces, but after economic conditions changed, more people began migrating from rural to urban areas. This can be judged to be an example of a migration ________.

Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?

Migration to the United States declined in the 1920s as a result of new laws. What did these laws do?

Formulate a "public relations" campaign for Brazil that would be designed to reverse some of its historic trends of interregional migration. Which populations or types of migrants would you target in the media, and why? Which regions would you privilege in your campaign, and which would you dissuade people from migrating to? How would you rate your chances for success? Defend your public relations campaign with evidence from this chapter.