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AP Human Geography Rubenstein's Ch. 7 Vocab
Ethnicity
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Geography
9th Grade
03/25/2012

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apartheid
Definition
laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas
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Balkanization
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process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among ethnicities
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Balkanized
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small geographic area that could not successfully be organized into one or more stable states because it was inhabited by many ethnicities with complex, long standing antagonisms toward eachother
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blockbusting
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process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their homes at low prices because of fear that black families may soon move into the neighborhood
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centripetal force
Definition
attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
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multinational state
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state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing eachother as distinct nationalities
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nationalism
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loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
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nationality
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identity with a group of people that share legal attachments and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there
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nation state
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state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
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racism
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beliefs that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
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racist
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person who subscribes to beliefs of racism
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self-determination
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concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
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sharecropper
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person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops
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triangular slave trade
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a practice, primarily during the 18th century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to the Caribbean Islands, molasses from caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa
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