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APHG Cpt. 7 Vocab

Rubenstein book Chpt 7 Vocab - Ethnicity

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Apartheidlaws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas.
BalkanizationProcess by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
Balkanizeda small geographic area taht could not successfully be organized into one or more stable states because it was inhabited by many ethnicities with complex, long-standing antagonisms toward each other.
Blockbustinga process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
Centripetal forcean attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Ethnic cleansingProcess in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
EthnicityIdentity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural tradtions
Multi-ethnic statestate that contains more than one ethnicity
Multinational statestate that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalitites
NationalismLoyalty and devotion to a particualr nationality
Nationalityidentity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born
Nation-statea state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particualr ethnicitythat has been transformed into a nationality
Raceidentity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor
Racismbelief that race is the primary determinant of of human traits and capacities and taht racial differencesproduce an inherent superiority of a particular race
Racista person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism
Self-determinationconcept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
Sharecroppera person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops
Triangular slave tradea practice, primarily during the eighteenth centrury, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to caribbean islands, molasses from teh caribbean to Eruope, and trade goods from Europe to Africa


(AP) Human Geography Teacher
Lakeville South High School
Lakeville, MN

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