AP HuGe - Chapter 7 Vocab

ethnicity

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

race

identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, like skin color

nationality

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

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

racist

a person who displays discrimination or feels prejudice against people of particular races

Hispanic

a person of a Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, regardless of race

ethnic enclave

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

ethnoburbs

a suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population

triangular slave trade

a practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to the Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa

sharecropper

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

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 their neighborhoods

redlining

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

Black Lives Matter

a campaign against violence and perceived racism toward black people and educating others about the challenges that African Americans continue to face in the United States

apartheid

the legal seperation of races into different geographic areas

partition

the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts

nationalism

loyalty and devotions to a particular nationality

ethnophobia

the fear of people of a particular ethnicity

xenophobia

the fear of people who are from other countries

ethnic cleansing

a purposeful policy designed by one thnici or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geograp

genocide

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

balkanized

a small geographic area that cannot form stable countries due to multiple ethnicities with long-standing conflicts

balkanization

the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities