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309106959Statea politically organized body of people under a single government
309106960nationcultural concept defines group of people of the same culture occupying a certain particular territory
309106961nation-statea state whose territories extent coincide with that occupied by a distinct nation or people
309106962raceidentity within a group of people who share a common biological ancestor
309106963part nation statenation is dispersed across and is predominant in 2 or more state
309106964state-less nationpeople without a nation
309106965ethnicityidentity with a group of people who share a common culture, tradition of a particular homeland or hearth
309106966racismbelief that race is primarily determined by the human trait, capacities and that racial differences produce an inherit superiority of a particular race
309106967Blockbustingreal estate agents convincing white people who live in a primarily black neighborhood to sell their houses at a lower price, preying on their fears that black families would soon move into these areas and property value would decline
309106968charter groupearly arriving ethnic group that created the first effective settlement and established the recognized culture norms
309106969ethnic enclavesmall area occupied by a district minority culture
309106970ethnic grouppeople sharing a distinctive culture, frequently based on common national origin, religion, language or race
309106971ethnic islandsmall rural are settled by a single distinctive ethnic group that placed it imprint on the landscape
309106972ethnic provincelarge territory urban and rural dominated by or closely associated with a single ethnic group
309106973Ethnocentrismconviction of the evident superiority of one's own ethnic group
309106974first effective settlementinfluence that the characteristics of an early dominated settlement group extent on the later social and cultural geography of an area
309106975social distancevoluntary or enforced segregation of 2 or more distinctive social groups or activities
309106976centripetala force or a characteristic that units a country together
309106977centrifugala force or a characteristic that breaks a country apart
309106978self-determinationconcept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
309106979nationalismloyalty or devotion to a nationality
309106980multi-ethnic statestate that contains more than 1 ethnicity
309106981ethnic cleansingprocess in which a more powerful ethnicity forcibly removes a less powerful ethnicity to create an ethnic homogeneous region
309106982balkanizedA small geographic area that 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
309106983balkanizationProcess by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
309106984triangular slave tradetrade with slaves among three ports or regions
309117490apartheidphysical separation of different races in different geographic areas

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