AP Geo Terms Ethnicity

261148785	Apartheid	laws in south africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas. no longer in effect.
261148786	Balkanization	process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
261148787	Blockbusting	a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood.
261148788	centripetal force	an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
261148789	ethnic cleansing	process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogenous region.
261148790	ethnicity	identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.
261148791	multiethnic state	state that contains more than one ethnicity.
261148792	multinational state	state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
261148793	nationalism	loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality.
261148794	nationality	identitiy with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.
261148795	nation-state	a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.
261148796	race	identity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.
261148797	racism	belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
261148798	racist	a person who subscribed to the beliefs of racism.