Exam 7: Making Sense of Migration and Immigration

The citizens of Syria are fleeing violence from the civil war. Due to the dangerous situation in Syria people are not moving there. Families seeking safety who had the means to leave Syria left for other countries. How would a demographer characterize the migration patterns of Syria?

Provide an example of a nation with a high rate of immigration. If a nation has a high rate of immigration does it have push or pull factors? Describe which factors motivated the immigration.

Describe an immigrant family experiencing dissonant acculturation. Provide the setting and the social characteristics that led to this pattern.

Structural factors are more useful for explaining trends and rates of immigration than personal factors.

List the stages of the assimilation process as outlined by Milton Gordon (1964).

Immigrants are more likely to experience hostility from the host culture during times of economic prosperity and security.

Rough terrain, deserts, and oceans are ______ for immigrants.

What was the outcome of the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924?

Push factors that contribute to emigration are primarily negative.

Which form of assimilation is dependent upon the host population for success?

More recently immigrants entering the United States from Central American nations like El Salvador and Honduras are ______.

During a political debate a Senator is asked about immigration. The Senator says, "I support immigration, but my problem is with the types of countries immigrants are coming from. I will advocate for immigrants from countries with higher standards of living like Norway and Germany." How does this Senator understand immigration?

How is Benjamin Franklin's notion of Germanization similar to the Prime Minister of Hungary's warning about the "Islamization" of Europe?

Typical immigrant work in the United States are jobs that the native-born population are unwilling to fill.

If there is a large active ethnic community parents can more easily engage in selective acculturation which allows them to pick and choose pieces of the host culture to adopt.

Which person, based on the variables of personality and biography, is most likely to migrate?

The nation of Syria experienced an intense drought from 2006 to 2011. In addition to the economic problems and food shortages caused by the drought, there is an ongoing civil war. Due to these dangerous living conditions many Syrian families are moving to other countries. A demographer studying Syria observes that the rate of ______ is rising for the war-torn nation.

It is common for governments and businesses to recruit foreign workers for low wage jobs.

______ describes when children of immigrants and their parents adopt the host culture to similar degrees.

Assimilation is inevitable and irreversible.