ap human geography ethnicity test review

race definition

traits that are shared genetically

ethnicity definition

a learned cultural tradition from a particular homeland or hearth

racism definition

belief that different races produce a different level of superiority

racist definition

subscriber to racism

Is hispanic considered a race?

no

the two largest hispanic groups in the u.s. trace their ancestry to what two places?

mexico and puerto rico

are african americans and hispanics more or less likely to live in urban areas than other ethnicities?

more likely

emancipation proclamation

was in 1863 and did NOT free the slaves

13th amendment

in 1865 and freed the slaves

14th amendment

explained that no state can deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

Whereas african americans migrated to the u.s. due to migration; hispanics and asians migrated to the u.s. due to _ migration

forced; great

push pull factors of african americans migration to northern cities

push: jim crow laws, pull: possible jobs

from 1910-1950 did african american urban population increase or decrease?

greatly increased

white flight examples

race based discrimination

was blockbusting legal or illegal?

illegal

plessy vs ferguson importance

established jim crow laws and the separate but equal doctrine

brown vs board of education importance

ended the segregation of different raced school in the u.s.

apartheid

physical separation of races in south africa

when were apartheid laws repealed?

1991

nelson mandela importance

leader and first president of south africa

in what 4 countries are the majority of Kurds found?

southeastern turkey, northwestern iran, northern iraq, northern syria

nationality definition

people who share a legal attachment to a particular country

genocide definition

a large killing of people to eliminate a tribe or group

nationalism definition

the degree of loyalty that one has for a nationality

nation-state definition

state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality 

ethnic cleansing

removal of an ethnic group from a specific territory

self-determination definition

ethnicities that have the right to govern themselves

balkanization

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

ethnoburb definition

suburban areas with a cluster of a particular ethnic population

sharecropper definition

crop lein system

ethnic enclave definition

neighborhoods that have clustered distributions of ethnic populations 

what caused the break-up of yugoslavia?

the death of their previous leader tito

explain the conflict in rwanda

tutsis were given power over the hutus because they had more white european traits

¨jim crow laws¨ is to the u.s. as __ is to south africa

de jure

split of india… why? migration patterns? basis for creation of pakistan?

happened after british ended their colonial rule; people from them opposing side would migrate to opposing side; ethnicity

line of control in Kashmir

seperated pakistan and india

explain the conflict in darfur

the black christian minority rebelled

explain ethnic change of Detroit

the black population continued to increase

berlin conference of 1885

tried to divide africa (scramble for africa)

explain the issues faced by the rohingya people of myanmar

more than 1 million were ethnic cleansed and they were stripped of citizenship

explain the conflict in kosovo

serbia claimed kosovo after the breakup of yugoslavia

which state of great britain has the greatest amount of autonomy?

scotland

where in the US do we see clustering in african americans?

southeast

where in the US do we see clustering in asians?

west

where in the US do we see clustering in hispanics?

southwest

where in the US do we see clustering in native americans?

southwest