AP Human Geo Unit 4 (Ch 7)

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, such as 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 subscribes to the beliefs of racism

Ethnic Enclave

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

Ethnoburb

a suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population

Sharecropper

someone who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent 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 the neighborhood

Apartheid

Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas

Nationalism

loyalty and devotion to a nationality

Centripetal Force

an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state

Ethnic Cleansing

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

Balkanization

the process by which states break down through conflicts among its ethnicities

Balkanized

a small geographic area that could not successfully be organizing into stable countries because it was inhabited by many ethnicities with complex, long-standing antagonisms toward each other

Genocide

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

Triangular Slave Trade

A practice, primarily during the 18th 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.