Deck 7: The Migration Transition

Question 1

The most common definition of a permanent migrant is someone who has lived in the new location for at least ___.

A) 1 year
B) 5 years
C) 10 years
D) there is no such definition

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In his classic study of the push-pull theory of migration, Ravenstein argued that the most important motivation to move is:

A) the desire to get ahead.
B) the need to escape an unpleasant situation.
C) the desire of avoid poverty.
D) the need to stay close to family members.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The migration rate that uses the demographic balancing equation in its calculation is based on the:

A) migration effectiveness method.
B) components of change method.
C) forward survival method.
D) gross migration rate method.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The new household economic theory of migration suggests that:

A) household decision-making is more important than individual decision-making.
B) neo-classical approaches to migration are fatally flawed.
C) migration is a way to diversify a family's sources of income.
D) None of the above.

Question 5

The dominant current pattern of migration within the United States is out of the ___ and into the ___:

A) Northeast; south
B) South; west
C) West; south
D) Midwest; west

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of De Jong and Fawcett's major concepts in the migration decision-making process?

A) Propensity toward migration
B) Motivation to migrate
C) Decision to become a migrant
D) Consequences of migration

Question 7

Which of the following is typically NOT a consequence of migration for the donor area?

A) Receipt of remittances
B) Loss of young people
C) Increase in number of older people
D) Weakening of kinship relations

Question 8

If we knew that a migrant had gone to a particular place to join relatives there, we would probably be talking about the process of:

A) return migration.
B) chain migration
C) international migration.
D) step migration.

Question 9

During which period of time has the United States had the highest percentage of the population that was foreign-born?

A) 1820-1829
B) 1900-1909
C) 1940-1949
D) 2000-present

Question 10

Migrants tend disproportionately to be:

A) older people.
B) women.
C) young adults
D) minority group members.

Question 11

Which of the following formulas measures net migration?

A) IM/P
B) IM + OM
C) IM - OM
D) OM/P

Question 12

The country that currently sends the greatest number of migrants to other countries is:

A) China.
B) India.
C) Mexico.
D) Philippines.

Question 13

If we knew that 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2010 was foreign-born, we would have information about:

A) the flow of immigrants.
B) the stock of immigrants.
C) the influx of immigrants.
D) the characteristics of immigrants.

Question 14

The U.S. Census Bureau defines a migrant as someone who has moved at least to another:

A) city
B) county
C) state
D) country

Question 15

The world systems theory of migration suggests that:

A) once migration has begun, it will take on a life of its own.
B) migration will perpetuated by international organizations.
C) peripheral countries send migrants to core countries.
D) None of the above

Question 16

The analysis of Massey and his associates suggests that which of the following is the single best explanation of international migration?

A) New household economics of migration
B) World systems theory of migration
C) Cumulative causation perspective on migration
D) None of the above

Question 17

The difference between an immigrant and in-migrant is that:

A) an in-migrant is always a legal migrant whereas an immigrant is not.
B) an immigrant is usually a male whereas an in-migrant is not.
C) an in-migrant is someone whose place of origin in known whereas an immigrant's origin is unknown.
D) an immigrant is usually an international migrant whereas an in-migrant may be either an internal or an international migrant.

Question 18

A person entering the United States without documents is committing which type of crime?

A) Misdemeanor
B) Serious
C) Felony
D) This is not a crime

Question 19

The concept of intervening obstacles reflects the fact that:

A) career advancement can alter migration plans.
B) the choice to migrate may not actually lead to migration.
C) the probability is low that any given person will migrate.
D) people are likely to move to closer places than to far places.

Question 20

Which of the following changes is required if you are to be migrant, not just a mover?

A) Change in commute pattern
B) Change of job
C) New spouse or significant other
D) Movement of total round of daily activities

Question 21

In the United States, males are more likely to migrate than are females.

Question 22

The available evidence suggests that human beings are by nature mobile creatures, which explains the migration transition.

Question 23

Migration is the simplest of the three demographic processes to measure.

Question 24

The pattern of east to west migration has existed in both the United States and Europe.

Question 25

A sojourner is considered to be residentially mobile, but not a migrant.

Question 26

The Great Migration refers to the movement of both whites and blacks out of the south into the northern states.

Question 27

Modern migration from Mexico to the United States began with a guest worker program.

Question 28

Guest worker programs are generally successful because it means that governments can readily send migrants back to their home country.

Question 29

The majority of recent immigrants to Canada are from Europe.