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| Aparthied | Was a system of legal racial segregation enforced in South Africa; 4 race classification, segregated- schools, hospitials etc; Forced migrations |
| Balkanization | The process in which nations break apart due to conflicts among ethnicities |
| Balkanized | Areas in which multiple enthicites reside but seeming can not create stable states, due to long-standing hatred/intolerance |
| Blockbusting | A business practice of U.S. real estate agents and building developers meant to encourage white property owners to sell their houses at a loss, by fraudulently implying that racial, ethnic, or religious minorities — blacks, Hispanics, Jews et al. — were moving into their previously racially segregated neighborhood, and so depress real estate property values. |
| Centripetal Force | A unifying force...emphasis on shared attitudes that increase citizen support. Centripetal- "directed towards the center" |
| Ethnicity | Refers to a group that share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth |
| Ethnic Cleansing | The attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the deportation, forcible displacement, or genocide of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups. |
| Multi-ethnic State | Countries which are comprised of more than one ethnic groups; Heterogeneous; most MDC's |
| Multinational State | a state in which the population consists of two or more ethnically distinct nations that are of significant size, ie. United Kingdom is comprised of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland,  |
| Nationalism | loyalty and devotion to a nation...like patriotism, but usually to a greater extent |
| Nationality | The identity with a legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country |
| Nation-State | When a country's political borders match ethnic boundaries.....when an ethnicity becomes a nationality |
| Race | A group of people distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics |
| Racism | A belief that race determines superiority and inferiority |
| Racist | One who believes race determines superiority |
| Self-determination | The belief that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves |
| Sharecropper | a poor farmer who uses someone else's land, and gives the owner part of the crop in return(Rent) |
| Triangular Slave Trade | Trade between 3 ports/regions,  |
| Diaspora | People who come from a common ethnic background but live in different regions outside of the home of their ethnicity |
| Ghetto | A segregated ethnic area within a city |
| Minority | A racial or ethnic group smaller than and differing fro m the majority race or ethnicity in a particular area or region |
| Multiculturalism | Refers to an official policy of acknowledging the equality of these distinct groups. A country may be, or may have been, multi-national but not multicultural |
