Chaper 6 and 7 Flashcards
What is a universalizing religion?
A religion that attempts to appeal to a wide group of people and have international reach. Diffuses rapidly
What was the name of the forced migration of Africans to the Western Hemisphere?
Triangle Slave Trade or Middle Passage
True or False: Ethnicity is important because it provides a stable basis for political states.
False: it often creates conflict within states
What is a nationality?
Identity with a group of people who share a common legal standing and allegiance to a country
What are the Holy Books for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?
Bible, Torah, and Quran
What is the largest ethnic religion in the world?
Hinduism
What products were sent back to Europe as part of the Triangle Slave Trade?
Rum and Molasses
Most Latinos in America come from which two regions?
Mexico and Puerto Rico
What is polytheism?
Belief in many gods.
Where would you find Catholics and Protestants in North America?
Catholics: Southwest U.S. and Quebec. Protestants in East and Central U.S., Rest of Canada
Judaism and Christianity both have their cultural hearths where?
Jordan and Israel a.k.a. the Holy Land
The political separation of different races in South Africa that ended in the 1990s was called __________________.
Apartheid
What is Darfur?
Region of Sudan that erupted in ethnic conflict
What is Balkanization?
Breakdown of a country into 2 or more pieces because of ethnic conflicts
What is the difference between ethnic cleansing and genocide?
Ethnic cleansing removes an ethnic group. Genocide kills them all.
Which faith attempted to unite ideas in both Islam and Hinduism?
Sikhism
What two countries were created in 1947 when Britain left South Asia?
India and Pakistan
Social scientists believe _______________ characterize the fragmentation of modern day politics.
Ethnicity or cultural identity
In which major world religions do you find the concepts of reincarnation?
Hinduism and Buddhism
Why aren’t states the most important social unit in Africa?
People are more closely tied to tribe or clan
Religion has receded in some places and given way to what?
Secularization
What was the name of the 1896 court case that established the “separate but equal” doctrine in America?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was the Great Migration?
Massive movement of African Americans to Northern Cities
What is Zionism?
Movement to unite the Jewish people in a common homeland
What is a theocracy?
A government in which religion and state are combined
What continent has the largest population of adherents to the Jewish Faith?
North America
