Chapter 7: Ethnicities Flashcards
What is an ethnic group/ethnicity?
A group of people that share a distinctive culture based on race, religion, language, or national origin
What is race?
The identity of a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait.
What is nationality?
Identity with a group of people with a legal attachment to a particular country
What is a social construct?
An idea or meaning that is widely accepted by a society as natural but may not represent a reality shared by those outside the society.
What is racism?
The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
What is a racist?
A person who discriminates somebody on the basis of their perceived race.
What is an ethnic enclave?
A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from the surrounding areas
What is an ethnoburb?
A suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population
What is a sharecropper?
A person who works fields rented from another farmer and pays said rent by giving a share of the crops
What is blockbusting?
A real estate practice in which a realtor convinces somebody to sell their home at a low price, then turn around and sell it at a much higher price
What is redlining?
A process by which financial institutions draw lines on a map and refuse various modes of assistance for people looking to buy or improve houses within the lines
What is apartheid?
The legal separation of races into different geographic areas
What is the act of showing prejudice whereby a dominant group receives privileges and others suffer undue disadvantages, but what is the negative opinion or judgment possibly due to ignorance or in spite of knowing the facts
Discrimination, Prejudice
What is not usually not one of the ways to identify an ethnic group?
Occupation
What is not an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography?
Number of space shuttles constructed
