Ethnicity - AP Human Geography Flashcards

9425624270	ethnicity	Cultural traits; Identity with people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.	0
9425624271	Apartheid	Separation 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.	1
9425624272	segregation	Separation 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 1960s	2
9425624273	Rwanda	An 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.	3
9425624285	Genocide	(n.) the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.	4
9425624286	Multiethnic State	A state that contains more than one ethnicity.	5
9425624287	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.	6
9425624288	Nationalism	A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country or ethnic group.	7
9425624289	Nationality	Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.	8
9425624290	Nation-state	A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.	9
9425624291	Race	Identity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.	10
9425624292	Racism	Belief that one race is superior to another.	11
9425624293	Racist	A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.	12
9425624294	Self determination	Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.	13
9425624296	Triangular Slave Trade	A 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.	14
9425624277	nationality	Identity as member of a nation/state; Legal status (citizenship); Allegiance (loyalty) to a nation/state	15
9425624278	race	Physical traits; Identity with a group of people based on a biological ancestor.	16
9425624279	racism	A belief in superiority or inferiority of people purely because of race.	17
9425624280	genocide	The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to create an ethnically homogenous region.	18
9425624281	ethnic cleansing	A process in which a more powerful ethnic group attempts to remove a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.	19
9425624282	Hispanic/Latino/Latina	a 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.	20
9425624298	Balkanization	Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.	21
9425624299	Balkanized	A 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.	22
9425624300	Blockbusting	A 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.	23
9425624301	Centripetal force	An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.	24
9425624302	Centrifugal force	A force that divides people and countries.	25
9425624303	Ethnicity	A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.	26
9425624304	Ethnic cleansing	Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.	27