Geography Quiz #3

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Classification system that is sometimes understood as arising from genetically significant differences in human physiognomy, or as a social construction that varies across time and space. Person A looks different than person B.

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Race

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Group of people who share common ancestry and cultural tradition, often minority in larger society

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Ethnic group

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The adoption by an ethnic group of enough of the ways of a host society to be able to function economically and socially.

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acculturation

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The complete blending of an ethnic group into the host society resulting in the loss of all distinctive ethnic traits.

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assimilation

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A sizable area inhabited by an ethnic minority that exhibits a strong sense of attachment to the region and often exercises some measure of political and social control over it.

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ethnic homeland

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A small ethnic area in the rural countryside; sometimes called a "folk island."

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ethnic island

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A voluntary community where people of like origin reside by choice.

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ethnic neighborhood

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Regional cultural distinctiveness that remains following the assimilation of an ethnic homeland.

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ethnic substrate

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The tendency of people to migrate along channels, over a period of time, from specific source areas to specific destinations.

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chain migration

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Older residents move up and out as newcomers move in.

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transitory ethnic neighborhood

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Suburbs that hold ethnic groups having more money

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ethoburb

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A complex of adaptive traits and skills possessed in advance of migration by a group, giving it survival ability and competitive advantage in occupying the new environment.

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cultural preadaptation

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Poor or inadequate adaptation that occurs when a group pursues an adaptive strategy that, in the short run, fails to provide the necessities of life or, in the long run, destroys the environment that it nourishes. Not being ready for a culture.

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cultural maladaptation

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What are three boundaries of political maps?

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1. natural - rivers, mountain, ridges
2. ethnographic - cultural traits, language
3. geometric - drawn with latitude or longitude lines

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Exists when countries voluntarily give up some portion of their sovereignty to gain the advantages of a closer political, economic, and cultural association with their neighbors.

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supranationalism

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The idea that the individual derives a significant part of his or her social identity from a sense of belonging to a nation.

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nationalism

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A piece of national territory separated from the main body of a country territory of another country.

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exclaves

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A piece of territory surrounded by, but not part of, a country.

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enclave

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The drawing of electoral district boundaries in an awkward pattern to enhance the voting impact of one constituency at the expense of another.

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gerrymandering