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Cultural Geography
Chapter 7: Ethnicity
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Undergraduate 1
07/11/2013

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ethnicity
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identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth
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ethnicty root
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comes from greek word meaning national
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race
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the identity of a group of people who share a biological ancestor
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race comes from what french word
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generation
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geographers are interested in ___ ethnicities are distributed across space
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where
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they are also interested in ___ ethnicities derive from particular conditions and practices in the group's homeland
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why
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the study of ethnicity ___ the tension scale between preservation of local diversity and globalization observed in other cultural elements
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lacks
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the 4 most numerous ethnicities in the US
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hispanics 15%, african americans 13%, asian americans 4%, american indians 1%
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why so many hispanics in southern u,s
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states were once owned by spaniards, and because of immigration
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where do different types of skin color come from?
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geographic distribution. melani; an enzyme determines the color of skin, eyes, and hair shades
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3 major migration patterns
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forced migration from africa (the triangular slave trade), immigration from south to northern cities (identifiable paths of migration), immigration out of inner cities to other urban areas (the ghetto)
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all 3 ethnicities display
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distinct cultural traditions that originate at particular hearths
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asia is a ____
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race
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the term african american
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identifies a group with an extensive cultural tradition, whereas the term black in principle denotes nothing more than dark skin
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hispanic latino is not considered
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a race.
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race
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is the traits that are shared genetically (biological ancestor). biological features within one racial group are highly variable
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in the US "seperate but equal" rulings
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once permitted races to be legally segregated. In the US civil rights movement
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in south africa, races were once
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segregated under apartheid laws
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nationality
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is identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country.
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nationalism
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loyalty and devotion to a nationality
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multiethnic state
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a state with multiple ethnic groups, all of whom might contribute to a larger national identity. ex the united states
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multinational state
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a state with multiple ethnic groups who retain their own distinctive national identity
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ethnic cleansing
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the process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful group from their territory. purpose is not to subjugate but to remove. most ethnic cleansing happens in europe and africa
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largest forced migration in europe
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jews, gypsies, and others forcibly removed by nazis
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balkanization
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the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
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other ex of ethnic cleansing in europe
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former yogoslavia
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ethnic competition
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in horn of africa; ethipia and eritrea, sudan, and somalia
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ethnic competition in lebanon
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religious and ethnic differences
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genocide
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the mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence
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ethnic cleansing in central africa
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most boundaries in africa do not correspond to ethnic groups
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example of ethnic cleansing/genocide
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hutu and tutsi in rwanda
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