AP HUG 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 share a biological ancestor

White Flight

When whites moved out of towns that blacks began moving in nearby

Nationality

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country

Nationalism

Loyalty and devotion to a particular nation

Centripetal Force

An attitude/ condition that unifies a group of people and enhances support for a state.

Centrifugal Force

An attitude/ condition that divides people and weakens support for a state

Ethnic Cleansing

A process where a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful group to create a culturally homogenous state

Genocide

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

Balkanized

A multiethnic country where longstanding ethnic divisions and conflicts make the formation of a cohesive state impossible

Balkanization

The breakdown of a formerly stable state along ethnic lines