chapter 7: ethnicities Flashcards
ethnicity is rooted in _____
location
What is ethnicity
identity with group of people who share the cultural tradition of a particular homeland or hearth
what is race
identity with a group who are perceived to share a physiological trait.
what is nationality
group of people who share a legal attachment to a nation
why do geographers reject the idea of race
cause it is not rooted in specific places
what is a social construct
idea/meaning widely known in a society but may not represent a reality shared by others outside the society
what is racism
race is primary determinant of traits and can produce one that is superior
what does “racist” mean
person who subscribes to beliefs of racism
what is an ethnic enclave
place with high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area. like neighbourhoods in larger cities
what are ethnoburbs
suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population
migration is divided into…
international (voluntary or forced)
internal (interregional or intraregional)
what is blockbusting
real estate agents encouraged white people to sell homes cheap because POC’s were moving there
what is redlining
banks draw redlines around an area and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property there.
what is apartheid? what was is used for?
former laws in South Africa that physically separated different races to geographic areas. used to perpetuate white dominance.
what is nationalism
loyalty and devotion to a particular country
what is centripetal force
attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
what is ethnophobia
fear of people from a particular ethnicity
what is xenophobia
fear of people from other countries
what is ethnic cleansing
purposeful policy designed by one ethnicity to remove by violent means the civilian population of another ethnic group from certain geographic areas
what is genocide
mass killing of a group in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence
race is based on physiological traits that we
deem important enough to matter
