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1.immigrants:peoplemovingintoageographicalarea
2.emigrants:peoplemovingoutofageographicalarea
3.netmigration:thedifferencebetweenthenumberofimmigrantsandthenumberof
emigrantsforagivengeographicalareainanygivenyear
4.returnmigration:permanentreturnofemigrantstotheircountryoforigin
5.travelvisas:documentsthatgivetemporarypermissiontoenteracountry
6.braindrain:awealthycountry'srecruitingthe"bestbrains"fromapoorercountry byofferinghigher-payingopportunities
7.braingain:benefitsareceivingcountryexperienceswhenhighlyskilledimmi-
grantsareluredawayfromtheircountryoforiginwhentheyaccepthigher-paying opportunities
8.brainwaste:situationthatoccurswhenareceivingcountryfailstotakeadvan-
tageofalltheskillsofanimmigrantpopulation 9.pushfactors:conditionsthatencourageanindividualtomovefromalocation Introduction to Physical and Human Geography - WGU D199.pdf file:///C:/Users/HP/Desktop/New%20folder%20(4)/Introduction%20t...
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10. pullfactors:conditionsthatinfluencemigrantstomovetoaparticularlocation
11. referencemaps:mapsusedtodisplayimportantphysicalelementsofaspecific
geographicarea,suchascountries,rivers,mountains,etc.
12. thematicmaps:specializedmapsusedtounderstandoneparticularattributeor
characteristicofaspecificgeographicarea;examplesarepopulationmaps,weather maps,andmapsillustratingthespreadofdisease
13. literalmaps:mapsthatstrivetodisplaytheobjectivetruthaboutaspecific
geographicarea
14. figurativemaps:mapsthatusesymbolstorepresentanarrativeorpointof
view;theyaremuchlessconcernedwithphysicalaccuracythanareliteralmaps
15. analyticalmapping:theuseofcartographytechniquestouncoverandlearn
aboutpatternsandtrendsinaspecificgeographicarea
16. mapscale:howthemeasurementofdistanceonamapcorrespondstothe
distanceonthegroundintherealworld
17. representativefraction(RF):awayofdescribingthescaleofamapbyusinga
ratio
18. small-scale:awayofdescribingamapwitharelativelysmallRF,wherethe
variousfeaturesofthegeographyappearrelativelysmall
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variousfeaturesofthegeographyappearrelativelylarge
20. coordinates:thepointsonaspecifiedreferencesystemthatdefinethelocationof
aparticularplace
21. Cartesiancoordinatesystem:areferencesystemforaplane(aflatsurface)
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