Chapter 7- Ethnicities (Key issues 1 + 2 so far)

Question 1

Ethnicity

Answer 1

Identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

Identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin colour.

Question 3

Nationality

Answer 3

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

Question 4

What percentage of the U.S. is Hispanic?

Answer 4

17%

Question 5

What percentage of the U.S. is African-American?

Answer 5

12%

Question 6

What percentage of the U.S. is Asian-American

Answer 6

5%`

Question 7

Where do 2/3 of American Hispanics come from?

Answer 7

Mexico

Question 8

Where do 1/4 of American Hispanics come from?

Answer 8

the Caribbean

Question 9

What three populations are considered indigenous peoples?

Answer 9

Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians

Question 10

What are the 6 most numerous indigenous peoples populations?

Answer 10

Native Hawaiian, Cherokee, Navajo, Chippewa, Sioux, and Choctaw

Question 11

Why don’t contemporary geographers use race as a classification of people?

Answer 11

Biological classification of race is the basis of racism.

Question 12

Racism

Answer 12

The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capabilities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

Question 13

Racist

Answer 13

A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.

Question 14

What is the difference between “Black” and “Native-American?”

Answer 14

Black and African-American are sometimes grouped as races, but only one of these is one. Black is a race; African-American is an ethnicity.

Question 15

Ethnic Enclave

Answer 15

A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area. Ex. Goutte d’Or is a neighbourhood with many Muslims in France.

Question 16

True or false: Most ethnic enclaves are neighbourhoods in large cities.

Answer 16

True.

Question 17

Ethnoburb

Answer 17

Suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population.

Question 18

Why is ethnicity in Brazil so complex?

Answer 18

Brazil is composed of many people whose ancestors emigrated from different places (Portugal, West Africa, Japan, some other European countries.) It also contains a large number of indigenous people.

Question 19

Provide information on the clustered distribution of races in Brazil.

Answer 19

South- Whites. North- Indigenous people. Northwest- Brown. West-central - white and brown.

Question 20

Describe the Triangular slave trade.

Answer 20

From Africa, slaves and gold were transported to the Western Hemisphere. From there, sugar and molasses were taken to Europe. From Europe, ships carried cloth and other trade goods in Africa to buy slaves.

Question 21

Describe the interregional migration of African-Americans from the southern U.S. to northern cities.

Answer 21

It happened in 1900-1950. Sharecroppers started to lose their jobs and moved north to find more of them.

Question 22

Describe the intraregional migration from ghettos to suburban neighbourhoods

Answer 22

It first started in 1950. When the sharecroppers moved to the north, they settled in ghettos. Many white people left the surrounding cities because of the incoming African-Americans. This meant the sharecroppers could move into adjacent neighbourhoods.

Question 23

Sharecropper

Answer 23

People that work fields rented from a land owner, and pay rent by turning over crops to the land owner.

Question 24

Blockbusting

Answer 24

Real estate agents convinced white home owners to sell their houses at low prices, preying on their fears that black families would soon move into the neighbourhood.

Question 25

Seperate but equal doctrine

Answer 25

Laws saying that “blacks” and “whites” should be segregated but “equal”

Question 26

Apartheid

Answer 26

The legal separation of races into different geographic areas (Ex. South Africa)

Question 27

Boer

Answer 27

A descendant of whites who arrived in South Africa; the ones who enforced Apartheid.

Question 28

The leaders of South Africa designated ___ _______, __ of which were supposed to become ___________ __________.

Answer 28

10 homelands, 4, independent countries.

Question 29

Nelson Mandela

Answer 29

The first black president of South Africa.

Question 30

Nationality in the US:

Answer 30

Citizens who are born in/emigrated to the US.

Question 31

Ethnicity in the US:

Answer 31

identifies groups with distinct ancestry and culture