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AP Human Geography Quiz #4

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15428558Cultural PreadaptationA Complex of adaptice traits and skills possessed in advance of migration by a group, giving them survival ability and competitve advantage in occupying the new environment
15428559Cultural SimplificationThe process by which immigrant ethnic groups lose certain aspects of their traditional culture in the process of settling overseas, creating a new culture that is less complex than the old
15428560Barrioan urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
15428561Ethnic Enclavea small area occupies by a distinctive minority culture
15428562Ethnic Neighborhoodan area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background
15428563Ethnic SubstrateRegional Cultural Distinctiveness that remains following the assimilation of an ethnic homeland
15428564Ethnic HomelandsA sizeable area inhabited by an ehnic minority that exhibits a strong sense of attachment to the region and often exercises some measure of politcal and social control over it
15428565Social DestinationThe best place for social contact
15428566Transculturationcultural borrowing that occurs when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come into close contact
15428567assimilationthe process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
15428568Acculturationthe adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
15428569Ethnic islandssmall, usually rural and ethnically homogeneous enclaves situated within a larger and more diverse cultural context.
15428570Ethnic Grouppeople of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
15428571Apartheida social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites
15428572Multilingual Statesa state that uses many languages
15428573Racea subset of human population whose mambers share certain distinctive, inhereted biological characteristics
15428574Ethnic Cleansingthe mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area
15428575Racismdiscriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
15428576Foodwaysthe many forms and practices that define how a nation shops for, cooks, and consumes its food

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