AP Human Geography: Ethnicity Vocabulary – Flashcards
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Apartheid
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The laws that previously existed in South Africa that physically separated two different races into different geographic areas
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Balkanization
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The process by which a state breaks down through ethnic conflicts
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Balkanized
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The term that applies to a small geographic area that could not be successfully organized into a state(s) due to ethnic conflicts
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Blockbusting
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A process in which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their properties at a low price under the pretense that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
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Centripetal Force
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An attitude or force that unifies citizens of a state and enhances support for the state (e.g. job opportunities)
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Centrifugal Force
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An attitude or force that drives people away from a particular place (e.g. genocide)
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Ethnic Cleansing
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A process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
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Ethnicity
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The identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of a common heredity and cultural traditions (e.g. Native Americans)
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Multi-Ethnic State
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A state that contains more than one ethnicity
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Race
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The identity with a group of people that descended from a common ancestor (e.g. African Americans)
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Racism
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The belief that some races are superior to others and that race determines a person's traits and capabilities
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Self-Determination
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The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
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Sharecropper
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A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays rent and loans through a share of the crops
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Triangular Slave Trade
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A trade route utilized by the Europeans in the 1700s to trade luxury crops to Europe, trade goods to Africa, and African slaves to the Americas
