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Questions
1. Which of the following immigrant groups likely has the greatest freedom of movement?
(A) Guest workers
(B) Undocumented migrants
(C) Asylum seekers
(D) Highly skilled workers
2. What does North-South migration describe?
(A) Migration patterns generally follow a north-south axis
(B) The movement of former slaves to states in the northern United States following the Civil War
(C) Emigrants tend to originate in poorer, developing countries and migrate to wealthier, developed countries
(D) Both A and C
3. Which of the following IS NOT one of Ernst Ravenstein's laws of migration?
(A) Most migrants only move a short distance
(B) Economic factors are the main reason to migrate
(C) Females are more likely to move than males
(D) Migrants who move long distances tend to move to wealthy cities
4. Which of the following BEST describes societal costs of migration?
(A) Sending regions experience brain drain as highly skilled and educated workers leave
(B ) Receiving regions grow because highly skilled workers create brain gain
(C ) Receiving regions fail to fully utilize highly skilled workers skills due to brain waste
(D) All of the above are correct
5. Which country has the greatest percentage of immigrants according to World Bank data? See figure 3.2 on page 47
(A) Spain
(B) Ireland
(C) Qatar
(D) United States
6. Which of the following examples BEST illustrates how migration patterns can change in response to socioeconomic conditions?
(A) The fall of the Berlin Wall precipitated a large out migration of economic refugees fleeing Western Europe
(B) Spain was a migrant destination until the global financial crisis of 2007 prompted a significant emigration
(C) Ireland was a receiving zone for global migrants when the potato was imported as a staple food crop
(D) The number of climate refugees continues to increase as sea levels are rising
7. European countries have cooperated to promote economic integration since WWII by reducing barriers to movement. What is the name of the migration agreement among 26 signatory countries?
(A) Svaarbald Seed Vault
(B) European Union
(C) Fortress Europe
(D) Schengen Agreement
8. Emigration does produce positive effects for a sending country. Which of the following is NOT an example of a benefit of emigration on the sending country?
(A ) Employment for younger adults
(B) Economic remittances promote economic growth
(C) Brain drain slows innovation and growth in a sending country
(D) Infusion of foreign capital into the local economy
(9) Which of the following correctly characterizes the phases of immigration to and within the United States?
(A) Phase 1 was characterized by frontier expansion as people migrated westward
(B) Phase 2 experienced new immigrant arrivals increased significantly, especially from southern and eastern Europe
(C) Phase 3 marked a reduction migration as exclusionary laws were enacted to limit migration from certain world regions
(D) Phase 4 is characterized by growth and a diversification of immigrant groups
(E) All of the above are correct
10. Which of the following is the BEST example of a diaspora?
(A) British rulers partitioning the Indian subcontinent as they ended colonial rule in 1947
(B) The struggle between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots over governing the island of Cyprus
(C) Mexican Americans who return to Mexico to trace their family's roots
(D) Descendants of former African slaves who were forcibly moved to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade
11. How is migration in the 21st century distinct from migration in the 20th century?
(A) The ecumene is more inhabited
(B) Lack of diversity
(C) New laws slow rates of emigration
(D) Regular and sustained transnational exchanges between sending and receiving countries
12. How does transnationalism reflect shifting nature of migration in the 21st century?
(A) Migrants' realities and activities that transcend a purely "national" space and they maintain connections to their new and old homes
(B) Migration is only a temporary act and most migrants return to their sending region
(C) The European Union has rendered national identities useless and migrants transcend national borders
(D) All of the above