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7998880125ethnicityCultural traits; Identity with people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.0
7998880126nationalityIdentity as member of a nation/state; Legal status (citizenship); Allegiance (loyalty) to a nation/state1
7998880127racePhysical traits; Identity with a group of people based on a biological ancestor.2
7998880128racismA belief in superiority or inferiority of people purely because of race.3
7998880129genocideThe mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to create an ethnically homogenous region.4
7998880130ethnic cleansingA process in which a more powerful ethnic group attempts to remove a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.5
7998880131ApartheidSeparation of races into geographic areas ("homelands"); Forced migration of blacks into "homelands"; Established in South Africa after independence from the British Empire and in effect until the 1990s.6
7998880132segregationSeparation of public life based on race; Laws established in the US Southern states after slavery and in effect until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s7
7998880133RwandaAn East African country of 12 million with its capital at Kigali; Site of a 1994 genocide in which the majority Hutu ethnic group attempted to murder all the minority Tutsi ethnic groups.8
7998880134Hispanic/Latino/Latinaa person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race; One of the largest ethnic minorities in the U.S.9
7998880135KurdsThe largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland; Divided among several nationalities including Turkish, Syrian, Iraqi, and Iranian nationalities.10
7998880136Indian partition of 1947British exit lead to ethnic conflict and the creation of Pakistan11
7998880137ApartheidA South African policy of complete legal separation of the races, including the banning of all social contacts between blacks and whites.12
7998880138BalkanizationProcess by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.13
7998880139BalkanizedA 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.14
7998880140BlockbustingA 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.15
7998880141Centripetal forceAn attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.16
7998880142Centrifugal forceA force that divides people and countries.17
7998880143EthnicityA social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.18
7998880144Ethnic cleansingProcess in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.19
7998880145Genocide(n.) the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.20
7998880146Multiethnic StateA state that contains more than one ethnicity.21
7998880147Multinational stateState that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.22
7998880148NationalismA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country or ethnic group.23
7998880149NationalityIdentity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.24
7998880150Nation-stateA state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.25
7998880151Part nation stateWhen a nation overlaps the boundaries of multiple states/you have multiple nations states of the same the same nation (Arabia).26
7998880152RaceIdentity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.27
7998880153RacismBelief that one race is superior to another.28
7998880154RacistA person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.29
7998880155Self determinationConcept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.30
7998880156SharecropperA 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.31
7998880157Triangular Slave TradeA practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.32
7998880158White flightThe departure of whites from places (like urban neighborhoods or schools) increasingly or predominantly populated by ethnic minorities.33
7998880159GhettoA section of a city where members of a minority group live due to social, legal or economic pressure34
7998880160Ethnic EnclaveA place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is different than the surrounding area.35
7998880161EthnoburbA suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic group. a suburb with a concentration of a particular ethnic group.36
7998880162ethnicityCultural traits; Identity with people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.37
7998880163nationalityIdentity as member of a nation/state; Legal status (citizenship); Allegiance (loyalty) to a nation/state38
7998880164racePhysical traits; Identity with a group of people based on a biological ancestor.39
7998880165racismA belief in superiority or inferiority of people purely because of race.40
7998880166genocideThe mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to create an ethnically homogenous region.41
7998880167ethnic cleansingA process in which a more powerful ethnic group attempts to remove a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.42
7998880168ApartheidSeparation of races into geographic areas ("homelands"); Forced migration of blacks into "homelands"; Established in South Africa after independence from the British Empire and in effect until the 1990s.43
7998880169segregationSeparation of public life based on race; Laws established in the US Southern states after slavery and in effect until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s44
7998880170RwandaAn East African country of 12 million with its capital at Kigali; Site of a 1994 genocide in which the majority Hutu ethnic group attempted to murder all the minority Tutsi ethnic groups.45
7998880171Hispanic/Latino/Latinaa person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race; One of the largest ethnic minorities in the U.S.46
7998880172KurdsThe largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland; Divided among several nationalities including Turkish, Syrian, Iraqi, and Iranian nationalities.47
7998880173Indian partition of 1947British exit lead to ethnic conflict and the creation of Pakistan48
7998880174ApartheidA South African policy of complete legal separation of the races, including the banning of all social contacts between blacks and whites.49
7998880175BalkanizationProcess by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.50
7998880176BalkanizedA 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.51
7998880177BlockbustingA 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.52
7998880178Centripetal forceAn attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.53
7998880179Centrifugal forceA force that divides people and countries.54
7998880180EthnicityA social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.55
7998880181Ethnic cleansingProcess in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.56
7998880182Genocide(n.) the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.57
7998880183Multiethnic StateA state that contains more than one ethnicity.58
7998880184Multinational stateState that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.59
7998880185NationalismA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country or ethnic group.60
7998880186NationalityIdentity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.61
7998880187Nation-stateA state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.62
7998880188Part nation stateWhen a nation overlaps the boundaries of multiple states/you have multiple nations states of the same the same nation (Arabia).63
7998880189RaceIdentity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.64
7998880190RacismBelief that one race is superior to another.65
7998880191RacistA person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.66
7998880192Self determinationConcept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.67
7998880193SharecropperA 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.68
7998880194Triangular Slave TradeA practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.69
7998880195White flightThe departure of whites from places (like urban neighborhoods or schools) increasingly or predominantly populated by ethnic minorities.70
7998880196GhettoA section of a city where members of a minority group live due to social, legal or economic pressure71
7998880197Ethnic EnclaveA place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is different than the surrounding area.72
7998880198EthnoburbA suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic group. a suburb with a concentration of a particular ethnic group.73

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