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Chapter 7- Ethnicity
Questions on notes taken in Chapter 7 of AP Human Geography
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Geography
9th Grade
12/25/2011

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What are the 2 largest minority ethnicities in the U.S.?
Definition
14% Hispannic
12% African-American
Term
In which part of the U.S. are most African-Americans clustered?
Definition
Southeast
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In which part of the U.S. are most Hispanics clustered?
Definition
Southwest
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What are the 3 major African-American migration flows in the U.S.?
Definition
1. Forced immigration from Africa to the colonies
2. Immigration from the U.S. South to northern cities
3. Immigration from inner-city ghettos to other urban neighborhoods
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Why did sharecropping decline in the early 20th century?
Definition
farm machinery was introduced
Term
U.S. descendants of immigrants from east and central Europe identify themselves by __________ rather than nationality.
Definition
ethnicity
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Only __% of Greenland's residents are Danish, the rest are Inuit.
Definition
13%
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Nationalism is a good example of ____________.
Definition
Centripetal Force
Term
When did the Soviet Union collapse?
Definition
early 1990s
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Ethnic Lithuanians comprise __% of Lithuania's population
Definition
83%
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How many nationalities does Russia recognize?
Definition
39
Term
This group of Sunni Muslims want to gain independence from Russia, but Russia fought hard to prevent it.
Definition
Chechens
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Armenians and Azers have been at war with each other since when?
Definition
1988
Term
What are the 2 groups in Georgia that have been fighting each other?
Definition
Ossetians and Abkhazians
Term
How many independent countries did the Soviet Union break up into?
Definition
15
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What are the 5 groups of countries that the Soviet Union broke up into?
Definition
Baltic, European, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asian
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List the countries that the Soviet Union broke up into.
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Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan, Russia
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Why is Azerbaijan a good example of a fragmented state?
Definition
It is split in two by a narrow strip of land belonging to Armenia.
Term
What is socialist realism?
Definition
an art and writing style which emphasized Communist economic and political values
Term
What court case ended school segregation and led to "White Flight?"
Definition
Brown vs. Board of Education 1950s
Term
Which court case created the Separate but Equal "Jim Crow" laws?
Definition
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1890s
Term
When was the apartheid system repealed?
Definition
1990s
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When an ethnicity is split among >1 country or when multiple ethnicities live in the same country, ________ may result.
Definition
conflict
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After the British left, India was split into these 2 countries
Definition
Pakistan and India
Term
In 1971, East Pakistan became what country?
Definition
Bangladesh
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What was the main consequence of Pakistan splitting from India?
Definition
Forced migration of millions
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India and Pakistan have not agreed on which piece of land?
Definition
Kashmir
Term
Who governed Yugoslavia from 1953-1980?
Definition
Tito
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"Yugoslavia has 7 ______, 6 ______, 5 ______, 4 ______, 3 ______, 2 ______, and 1 ______.
Definition
Neighbors, republics, nationalities, languages, religions, alphabets, dinar
Term
when did the fighting in Yugoslavia begin?
Definition
after Tito's death
Term
What were the new countries formed from the former Yugoslavia?
Definition
Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovinia, Serbia, Montenegro
Term
What ethnicity makes up the majority of Bosnia and Herzegovinia?
Definition
Bosnian Muslims
Term
Serbia launches campaign to control ______.
Definition
Kosovo
Term
Serbians ethnically cleansed ____________ Muslims.
Definition
Albanian Muslims
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