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AP Human Geography Rubenstein Chapter 7 vocab

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46992379Apartheida legal system that was the physical speration of different races into different geographic areas
46992380BalkanizationProcess by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
46992381BlockbustingA 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.
46992382Centripital Forcean attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
46992383Centrifugal Forcea force that divides people and countries
46992384EthnicityIdentity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.
46992385Ethnic CleansingProcess in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
46992386multi-ethnic statea state that contains more than on ethnicity.
46992387multinational 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.
46992388nationalismlove of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
46992389nationalityIdentity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.
46992390nation stateA state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
46992391part nation statekind of a nation state
46992392raceIdentity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.
46992393racismBelief that one racial group is superior to another
46992394self-determinationthe concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

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