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Chapter 9 vocab
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Geography
9th Grade
09/26/2012

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ethnicity
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a group of people that is defined by a common culture or a set of values beliefs, lifestyles and more.
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ethnocentrism
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a belief that one culture of ethnicity is superior to another
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emergent ethnicity
Definition
merging in order to form an ethnicity that was not necessarily strong in the past
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resurgent identity
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when a certain cultural aspect disappears and resurges at a later or different point
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Assimilation
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the mixing or adoption of a culture, while leaving behind the majority of a different culture
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functional assimilation
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a fusion of a group with a larger majority group, while the group fused holds on to aspects of their culture and still identify by it they behave as the majority behaves
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ethnic neighborhood
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synonymous with a ghetto, areas in a city that have concentrated population of a certain group
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ghetto
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a distinct area where an ethnic group lives alienated from the majority population
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ethnoburb
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synonymous with ethnic neighborhood, except found in suburban areas
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ethnic islands
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areas of ethnic concentration in rural areas
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cluster migration
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when an area is settled by a certain culture in mass
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ethnic provinces
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large areas associated with a particular ethnic group
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hanification
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refers to Beijing offering Han Chinese people to move to ethnic locations to liquidate the population
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feminist geography
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the belief that society shapes geography according to the gender it embodies
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gender
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the behavior expected of men and women
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cajuns
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an ethnic group originating in eastern Canada, on what is now known as Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
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