Deck 6: The Migration Transition

Question 1

If we knew that 14 percent of the U.S. population in 2016 was foreign-born, we would have information about the

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Of the following, ________ is typically not a consequence of migration for the donor area.

A) the receipt of remittances
B) the loss of young people
C) an increase in number of older people
D) a weakening of kinship relations

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Of the following, which is not one of De Jong and Fawcett's major concepts in the migration decision-making process?

A) Propensity to migrate
B) Motivation to migrate
C) Decision to become a migrant
D) Post-moving consequences of migration

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

The components of change or residual method of estimating migration uses which of the following in its calculation?

A) Demographic balancing equation
B) Migration effectiveness formula
C) Forward survival equation
D) Gross migration rate formula

Question 6

If we knew that an international 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) undocumented migration.
D) step migration.

Question 7

The concept of intervening obstacles addresses the idea 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 8

The global pattern of migration has generally been directionally from ____ to _____.

A) south; south
B) east; west
C) west; east
D) south; north

Question 9

The United States had the highest percentage of the population that was foreign-born during the ______ time period.

A) 1820-1829
B) 1880-1889
C) 1940-1949
D) 2010-2019

Question 10

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 11

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 be perpetuated by international organizations.
C) peripheral countries send migrants to core countries.
D) migration is a way to diversify a family's sources of income.

Question 12

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

A) 6 months.
B) 1 year.
C) 5 years.
D) 10 years.

Question 13

The analysis of Massey and his associates suggests that ______ provides the single best explanation of international migration.

A) there is no theoretical approach that
B) the new household economics approach
C) the world systems approach
D) the cumulative causation perspective

Question 14

The selectivity of migration means that which of the following are disproportionately migrants?

A) Older people
B) Women
C) Young adults
D) Minority group members

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

The Great Migration in the United States refers to the migration of

A) blacks out of the south to cities in the north.
B) blacks out of the cities in the north back to the south.
C) undocumented immigrants flowing into the United States from Mexico.
D) Hispanic migration out of the west into the south.

Question 17

Of the following formulas, which one measures net migration?

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

Question 18

In order to be a migrant, not just a mover, which of the following is required?

A) A change in commute pattern
B) A change of job
C) A new spouse or significant other
D) Moving the total round of daily activities

Question 19

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) migration is driven by segmented wage markets.

Question 20

A person entering the United States for the first time without documents is committing a(n)

A) civil offense.
B) serious crime.
C) felony.
D) error in judgment.

Question 21

The neoclassical economic approach to migration assumes that most migration is made by individuals seeking better economic opportunities.

Question 22

Discuss the way in which the theory of demographic change and response (introduced in Chapter 3) provides a conceptual framework for understanding the migration transition. How does that framework help us understand future demographic changes in the developing nations?

Question 23

The majority of recent immigrants to Canada are from Europe.

Question 24

One of the Massey's "perverse laws of international migration" is that immigration is a lot easier to start than to stop.

Question 25

The young and the restless are more likely to move than most other groups.

Question 26

The Bracero Program was the first restrictive immigration law passed in the United States.

Question 27

What do you think the migration policy of the United States should be? Defend your answer and explain what would be the consequences, intended and unintended, of your proposed policy.

Question 28

A residentially mobile person who is nonetheless not a migrant is a sojourner.

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

Discuss the differences between migration stocks and flow, and then show how the two are interrelated in terms of their impact on both receiving and sending societies.

Question 33

Evaluate the way in which the timing of demographic transitions in other parts of the world has helped to explain the patterns of migration to the United States over the past 200 years.

Question 34

Describe your own lifetime experiences with migration and relate them to the decision-making model shown in Figure 6.3.

Question 35

Most of the world's refugees and internally displaced persons are living in developing nations.