Unit 3 Vocab - AP Geo Pg: 4

This set of flashcards covers key terms related to ethnicity, race, and social issues, including definitions for terms such as 'genocide' and 'racism'.

Ethnic enclave

A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area.

Ethnicity

An identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular hearth or homeland.

Ethnoburb

A suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population.

Ethnophobia

Fear of people of a particular ethnicity.

Genocide

The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence.

Nationalism

Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality.

Nationality

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

Race

Identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin color.

Racism

The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

Redlining

A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines.

Sharecropper

A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays the loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops.

Triangular slave trade

A practice, primarily during the 18th 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.

Xenophobia

Fear of people who are from other countries.