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1 point
Which scenario is an example of internal migration?
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4. Migration and Human Mobility Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
02
True or false
1 point
Human mobility includes migration as well as temporary, seasonal, circular, commuting, and other movements.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete the statement: Unemployment at an origin is a , while higher wages at a destination are a .
04
Written response
1 point
In what year was the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration adopted by United Nations member states?
05
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Which situation best fits the definition of an internally displaced person (IDP)?
- A
A person forced to flee who remains within their own country
- B
A person who crosses a border and receives refugee status immediately
- C
A person who voluntarily moves for a better-paying job
- D
A person whose asylum claim has already been approved
06
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1 point
Which four are purposes or tools of migration policy described in the material? Select all correct answers.
- A
Regulate who may enter and for how long
- B
Provide asylum or temporary protection
- C
Eliminate all movement between countries
- D
Reunite families
- E
Support integration through language, education, employment, or health programs
07
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete the statement: Communities living outside an ancestral homeland while maintaining cultural, family, or economic ties form a . When migrants join relatives who migrated earlier, the process is called .
08
True or false
1 point
Environmental change automatically causes international migration for everyone affected by it.
- A
True
- B
False
09
Written response
1 point
In 2024, approximately what percentage of the world's population lived in a country different from the one in which they were born?
10
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1 point
Which situation best illustrates brain drain?
- A
The movement of people from cities to rural areas after retirement
- B
The circulation of money sent by migrants to relatives
- C
The loss of highly educated or specialized workers from an origin region
- D
The recruitment of temporary agricultural workers by a destination country
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Which three are commonly discussed durable solutions for refugees? Select all correct answers.
- A
Voluntary repatriation
- B
Local integration
- C
Resettlement
- D
Mandatory movement to a transit region
- E
Temporary commuting between two cities
12
Open ended
1 point
Explain how strict migration restrictions can produce unintended effects. Then describe how expanding safe and regular pathways may change risks or governance, while noting at least one responsibility governments still retain.
13
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1 point
Which description best defines a migration stream?
- A
Movement through several places in stages, without a common destination
- B
Movement of people from a common origin to a common destination
- C
Movement caused only by an intervening obstacle
- D
Movement that remains entirely temporary and seasonal
14
True or false
1 point
Most refugees remain relatively close to their countries of origin, often in neighboring countries.
- A
True
- B
False
15
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1 point
Which statement best distinguishes human mobility from migration?
- A
Human mobility refers only to permanent international relocation.
- B
Human mobility includes migration and other temporary or recurring movements.
- C
Human mobility describes only movements caused by environmental hazards.
- D
Human mobility occurs only when people change citizenship.
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A worker leaves a region with very few jobs and chooses a destination where wages are higher. How does the push-pull model classify these conditions?
- A
Unemployment at the origin is a push factor, and higher wages at the destination are a pull factor.
- B
Unemployment at the origin is a pull factor, and higher wages at the destination are a push factor.
- C
Both conditions are intervening obstacles.
- D
Both conditions are examples of place utility.
17
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1 point
Workers move from rural areas to a city, and several years later some retirees move from that city back to smaller communities. What term best describes the retirees’ movement relative to the earlier flow?
- A
A transit region
- B
An intervening obstacle
- C
A counterstream
- D
A migration network
18
Written response
1 point
What migration concept describes an origin region losing doctors, engineers, teachers, or other highly educated workers when they move elsewhere?
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1 point
A family plans to move to a distant national capital, but one parent receives an attractive job offer in a regional town along the route and the family settles there instead. What best explains the regional town’s role?
- A
A pull factor that exists only in the original destination
- B
An intervening opportunity
- C
An intervening obstacle
- D
A form of forced displacement
20
Written response
1 point
According to the 2024 estimate, approximately what percentage of the world’s population lived in a country different from the one in which they were born? Enter the percentage-point value.