HUG vocab chap 7

Question 1

identity

Answer 1

how people make sense of themselves and how they see themselves at different scales

Question 2

ethnicity

Answer 2

identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland/hearth

Question 3

race

Answer 3

identity with a group of people perceived to share physiological traits

Question 4

nationality

Answer 4

group who share legal attachment to a country

Question 5

racism

Answer 5

belief that race is primary factor of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

Question 6

racist

Answer 6

person who feels prejudice against certain races

Question 7

ethnic enclave

Answer 7

place w high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding areas

Question 8

ethnoburb

Answer 8

suburban area w cluster of certain ethnic population

Question 9

triangular slave trade

Answer 9

18th century practice where european ships transported slaves from africa to carribean islands, molasses from carribean to europe, and trade goods from europe to africa

Question 10

sharecropper

Answer 10

works fields rented from landowner, pays rent in portion of crops to landowner

Question 11

blockbusting

Answer 11

process where real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their homes at a low price due to fear of colored people moving into the neighborhood soon

Question 12

redlining

Answer 12

financial institutions draw red lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase/improve property within the lines

Question 13

apartheid

Answer 13

legal separation of races in geographical areas

Question 14

black lives matter

Answer 14

campaigns against violence and perceived racism towards blacks and educates on struggles blacks go through today in the US

Question 15

nationalism

Answer 15

loyalty and devotion to a nationality

Question 16

ethnophobia

Answer 16

fear of people of a particular ethnicity

Question 17

xenophobia

Answer 17

fear of people who are from different countries than you

Question 18

ethnic cleansing

Answer 18

purposeful policy designed by one ethnicity or religious group to remove the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group by violent or terror inspiring means

Question 19

genocide

Answer 19

mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence

Question 20

gender gap

Answer 20

differences in social, economic and political power and opportunity between men and women

Question 21

gendered

Answer 21

typically thought of either female or male

Question 22

residential segregation

Answer 22

degree in which 2 or more groups are living separately in urban areas

Question 23

gender

Answer 23

a cultures assumptions about the differences between men and women’s character, roles, and what they represent

Question 24

gender inequality index

Answer 24

composite measure that reflects the inequality in the achievements of men and women in reproductive health, political empowerment and labor market

Question 25

barrioization

Answer 25

ethnic enclave with Hispanic or latino people living in it

Question 26

sense of place

Answer 26

emotion attached to a place based on experiences