Chapter 7 Flashcards
Descended from a biological ancestor
Race
Group of people that share physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions
Ethnicity
Racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
Racism
A person who believes in racism
Racist
Slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from Caribbean to Europe, trade goods from Europe to Africa
Triangular slave trade
Works in fields pays rent by sharing crops with landowner
Sharecropper
Real estate agents convinced white property owners to sell houses because of fear of persons of color would move near
Blockbusting
Laws in south Africa that separated races into different geographic areas
Apartheid
people that share legal attachment to a place as a result of being born there
Nationality
Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
Nationalism
Attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state
Centripetal force
A force that divides people in countries
Centrifugal force
When a more powerful group removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethically homogeneous region
Ethnic cleansing
A state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
Balkanization
Small geographic area that cannot be organized into a stable state
Balkanized