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Migration
Chapter 3
What is Migration?
Key Question:
Movement
• Cyclic Movement –
movement away from home for
a short period.
– Commuting
– Seasonal movement
– Nomadism
• Periodic Movement –
movement away from home for
a longer period.
– Migrant labor
– Transhumance
– Military service

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Migration
Migration –
A change in
residence that is
intended to be
permanent.
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida
International Migration –
Movement across country borders (implying a degree
of permanence).
Internal Migration -
Movement within a single country’s borders (implying a
degree of permanence).

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Choose one type of cyclic or periodic
movement and then think of a specific example
of the kind of movement changes both the
home and the destination. How do these
places change as a result of this cyclic or
periodic movement?
Why do People Migrate?
Key Question:
Why do People Migrate?
• Forced Migration – Human migration flows
in which the movers have no choice but to
relocate.
• Voluntary Migration – Human migration
flows in which the movers respond to
perceived opportunity, not force.

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Forced Migration – the Atlantic Slave Trade
Distance
Decay
weighs
into the decision
to migrate,
leading many
migrants to
move less far
than they
originally
contemplate.
Voluntary Migration –
Migrants weigh push and pull factors to decide first, to
emigrate from the home country and second, where to
go.