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36 Cards in this Set
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Apartheid
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South Africa, physically divided different races into different geographical areas
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Balkanization
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process by which a state breaks down through ethnic conflicts
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Blockbusting
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process by which estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices in fear that colors will move in
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centripetal force
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an attitude that unify people and enhance support for a state
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centrifugal force
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spread from the center
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barrio
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spanish speaking community, neighborhood, district
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barriozation
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dramatic increase in Hispanic population in a given neighborhood
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shatterbelt
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a culturally and politically fragmented region
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dowry death
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death of women due to harrasment and murder for a increase in dowry
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ethnic cleansing
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process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogenesous region
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ethnic conflict
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a war/problems between ethnic groups often a result of ethnic nationalism
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ethnic group
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a group sharing self identity common characteristics, religous, values, culture
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ethnicity
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identity of a group sharing the same background and affiliation, cultural tradition
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ghetto
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a neighborhood set up by the city to be inhabited by jews; now to denote for a minority group because of social, legal, or economic pressure
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multi-ethnic state
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state containing more than one ethnicity
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multinational state
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state containing two or more thnic groups agreeing to coexist peacfully by recognition of each other as distinct nationalities
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nation
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a group organized by a single goverment
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nationalism
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loyalty and devotion to a particular nation
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nationality
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identity with people by legal attachment and personal allegiance to a place as a result of birth
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nation-state
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a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity has been transformed into a nationality
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plural society
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a society w several ethnic groups living sepeartely form each other
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race
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identity w/ a gorup from common ancestry
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racism
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belief that race is the primary dterminant of human traits and capacities and racial differecnes produce an inhereant superiority of a particular race
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self-determinism
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concepts that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
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segregation
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act of seperation epople bby race, ethnicity, etc...
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residential segregation
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physical seperation of two groups based on residence and housing; sorts population groups into varoius neighborhood contexts and shapes the living eviorment at neighborhood level
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social distacne
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distance between two or more groups, their contact, friendship, marriage, most groups tend not to mix
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triangular trade
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practice 18th century, european ships transport slaves form africa to carribean islands, molasses from carr. to europe, and trade goods from europe to africa
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annexation
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leagally adding land area to a city in the us.
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border landscape
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complex representaiton of the enviorment around the area inside the border.
modificaton of the landscape by nearby bordering areas |
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natural/physical boundary
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boundary defined by a natural/ physical object. ex river. mt.
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ethnographic/cultural boundary
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boundary defined by a ethnic or cultural group occupying the area
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geometric boundary
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a geometric boundary is a political boundary defined and delimited as a straight line or arc
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buffer state
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a neutral stae lying btw two rival/hostile states to prevent conflict
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capitol
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official meeting place for a legislative body
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city-state
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a soverign state comprimising a city and its immediate hinterland consisting of an independant city and its surrounding territory
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