AP Human Geography : Types of Migration
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Example Question #1 : Ap Human Geography
Which geographer's work, Laws of Migration, includes a theory highlighting the inverse relationship between the distance and volume of migration between a source and destination?
Ravenstein
Kant
Ritter
Al Idrisi
Faustini
Ravenstein
First published in 1885, Ernst Ravenstein's Laws of Migration includes a theory highlighting the inverse relationship between the distance and volume of migration between a source and destination. Ravenstein's work still forms the basis of modern human migration theory.
Example Question #2 : Ap Human Geography
Over a series of generations a family from an isolated farm in Maharashtra State in India migrates first to a nearby village, then to a regional town, and finally to Mumbai. This is most accurately known as a __________.
chain migration
step migration
voluntary migration
periodic migration
forced migration
step migration
This type of gradual migration, from farm to village to town to big city, is known as a “step migration” because it happens in a series of steps. It is a common way by which rural families arrive in an urban setting.
Example Question #3 : Ap Human Geography
Which of the following statements concerning migration is false?
Migrants often settle in regions where friends or relatives have previously migrated
Rural migrants often move to small communities before they move to larger ones
Migrants tend to not relocate again after reaching their end destination
Migration takes place in stages as opposed to one step
Migrants rarely return to their original source location
Migrants tend to not relocate again after reaching their end destination
Migrants do tend to relocate after they have reached their desired destination. It is also common for migrants to return to their original location. All of the other statements are true.
Example Question #2 : Types Of Migration
Which of the following is an example of internal migration?
Due to a natural disaster, Dana is forced to relocate from Indonesia to Wales.
Johnny takes a temporary trip to Israel.
Mikey moves from New York to New Hampshire.
Bonnie moves from Canada to Mexico.
Jaymes moves from South Africa to Egypt.
Mikey moves from New York to New Hampshire.
Internal migration involves movement within a nation-state (e.g., the United States). Mikey's movement from New York to New Hampshire is a good example of internal migration.
Example Question #1 : Population & Migration
The ability to move from one place/region to another is called __________.
travel
mobility
communication
relocation
migration
mobility
"Mobility" is the ability of something or someone to move from one place or region to another. "Migration" refers specifically to groups of people or animals moving from one region or country to another. "Travel" is voluntary movement from one region to another.
Example Question #4 : Ap Human Geography
Which of the following are different types of diffusion?
- Formal
- Uniform
- Functional
- Nodal
- Perceptual
- Vernacular
- Dispersed
- Scattered
- Clustered
- Agglomerated
- Hearth
- Relocation
- Expansion
- Hierarchical
- Contagious
- Stimulus
- Absolute
- Relative
- Site
- Situation
- Place name
- Thematic
- Statistical
- Cartogram
- Dot
- Choropleth
- Isoline
- Hearth
- Relocation
- Expansion
- Hierarchical
- Contagious
- Stimulus
Hearth, relocation, expansion, hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus are all different types of diffusion.
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