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The Pew Hispanic Center estimated in 2010 that there were about ________ undocumented immigrants living in the United States.


A) 6 million
B) 8 million
C) 11 million
D) 15 million
E) 22 million

F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

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Opposition to immigration in the United States coincided with


A) the majority of immigrants no longer arriving from Europe.
B) increased tensions over the Vietnam war.
C) decreased legal migration.
D) the economic boom of the 1990s.
E) large numbers of refugees moving into the country.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

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Migration to the United States declined during the 1920s primarily because of


A) economic depression in the United States.
B) forced migration after World War I.
C) the imposition of quota laws.
D) declining demand for industrial workers.
E) declining demand for domestic workers.

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?


A) economic
B) environmental
C) political
D) circulation
E) All of these choices are correct.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

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A country has net in-migration if emigration ________ immigration.


A) equals
B) exceeds
C) is closer to net migration than
D) is less than
E) varies more than

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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A majority of undocumented migrants to the United States come from


A) China.
B) Mexico.
C) Canada.
D) Europe.
E) Africa.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following is not presently one of the three largest migration flows in the world?


A) to Europe from Asia
B) to Europe from Africa
C) to North America from Asia
D) to North America from Latin America

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Russia and Indonesia have both adopted policies to encourage migration to less-populated areas of each country.

A) True
B) False

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List the major push and pull factors in migration and give examples of each.

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Most migration occurs because of a combination of push and pull factors.

A) True
B) False

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Describe the major intraregional and interregional migration patterns within the United States in recent years.

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In recent years, the United States has s...

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Describe the general relationship between population growth and migration.

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The center of U.S.population has moved westward for the last 200 years.

A) True
B) False

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Migration to the United States declined in the 1920s as a result of new laws.What did these laws do?

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set quotas based on ...

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