Human Geography (Malinowski), 1st Edition

Chapter 5: Migration Flows

Quiz



1.

Geographers are interested in origin and destination of migrants. Detroit has become well known in the U.S. as a destination for
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A)auto buffs.
B)Muslims.
C)Jews.
D)Scientologists.
2.

Which is not an example of impelled or forced migration?
A)African slaves brought to Brazil.
B)Native Americans forced westward into American reservations.
C)Japanese Americans moved to encampments in World War II.
D)Spanish sailors settling in the Paraguay/Paraná Basin in South America.
3.

The account of the abduction of a young Russian woman relates
A)how she was forced to work in a motorcycle factory.
B)that she was made to appear Chinese.
C)how her passport was stolen and she was forced into prostitution.
D)that Egypt is the main destination of human trafficking.
4.

'People smuggling' is distinct from 'human trafficking' in that
A)the former deals with war and civil politics while the latter does not.
B)one has to do with economic pull factors while the other functions out of push factors.
C)people smuggling usually involves agricultural workers while the other is industrial.
D)people smuggling is voluntary while human trafficking is not.
5.

A person seeking asylum desires
A)acceptance into the new country entered.
B)safety and security in the new country entered.
C)both a and b.
D)neither a nor b.
6.

The process of repatriation involves
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A)making people patriotic again.
B)making refugees into international aid workers.
C)methods of burying dying refugees.
D)ways of bringing back refuges into their home countries.
7.

If a migrant who can't find a job in Youngstown, Ohio, moves with an intent on finding a construction job in Portland, Oregon, then runs out of money on the trip and settles in Kansas City, this would be an example of
A)a push factor.
B)a pull factor.
C)an intervening factor.
D)a refugee factor.
8.

A country like the United States might be more likely to accept a migrant if
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A)he or she is the right skin color.
B)he or she has some kind of useful skill.
C)he or she is an accomplished musician.
D)he or she is an artist, specifically a painter.
9.

A restaurant sign advertising specialties in Chinese and Latin cuisine shows
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A)that more Latin Americans have Chinese origins than we previously thought.
B)human trafficking forced to groups to work together.
C)migration often brings people together who may have not mixed otherwise.
D)that there is more likelihood of the spread of disease when many cultures mix.
10.

From 1960 to 2010 the origins of people migrating to the U.S. were
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A)declining from Europe.
B)more from Latin America more recently.
C)more from Asia in later decades.
D)all of the above.
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