Human Geography Ch. 7

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Ethnicity

Question 2

Identity with a group of people who share a physiological trait

Answer 2

Race

Question 3

Characteristic of race

Answer 3

skin color

Question 4

Belief that race is primary determinant of human traits and capacities

Answer 4

Racism

Question 5

Biological differences (skin color, hair color) produce inherent superiority of a particular race

Answer 5

Racism

Question 6

Person who displays discrimination or feels prejudice against people of other races

Answer 6

Racist

Question 7

What are the 2 most numerous U.S. ethnicities and the next 2?

Answer 7

1. Hispanics: 18%
2. African Americans: 13%
   Asian Americans: 13%
   American Indian: 1%

Question 8

Where are African Americans clustered in the U.S.?

Answer 8

South ???????

Question 9

Where are Asian Americans clustered in the U.S.?

Answer 9

West

Question 10

Where are Indigenous People clustered in the U.S.?

Answer 10

Southwest, North, Alaska

Question 11

Place with high concentration of an ethnic group, diverse

Answer 11

Ethnic Enclaves

Question 12

How do ethnic enclaves offer newcomers economic support?

Answer 12

• Employment
• Affordable housing
• Loans

Question 13

Ethnic enclaves in cities have ________

Answer 13

shifted

Question 14

Suburban area with cluster of particular ethnic population

Answer 14

Ethnoburb

Question 15

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country (in the U.S.)

Answer 15

Nationality

Question 16

Identifies citizenship (in the U.S.)

Answer 16

American nationality

Question 17

Groups with distinctive ancestry and cultural traditions (in the U.S.)

Answer 17

Ethnicity

Question 18

What 4 main groups does the United Kingdom (UK) contain?

Answer 18

• English (England)
• Welsh (Wales)
• Scots (Scotland)
• Irish (Northern Ireland)

Question 19

What countries make up Great Britain?

Answer 19

England, Wales, and Scotland

Question 20

______ is strongest element of ethnic identity today

Answer 20

Sport

Question 21

Supporting a state that preserves and enhances culture and attitudes of their nationality

Answer 21

Loyalty and devotion to a nationality (nationalism)

Question 22

• Unifying force that enhances support for the states
• Promoting symbols like flags and songs

Answer 22

Centripetal force (nationalism)

Question 23

How can nationalism have a negative impact?

Answer 23

Sense of unity achieved through creation of negative images of other nationalities

Question 24

Most numerous ethnicity in Western Asia

Answer 24

Kurds

Question 25

Is there a country under the Kurds’ control?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

____ million Kurds split among _______, ______, ______, and _______.

Answer 26

35, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria

Question 27

Have the Kurds attempted to gain independence?

Answer 27

The Kurds have had repeated attempts to gain independence and have failed

Question 28

Fear of people of a particular ethnicity

Answer 28

Ethnophobia

Question 29

Fear of people from other countries

Answer 29

Xenophobia

Question 30

More powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one

Answer 30

Ethnic Cleansing

Question 31

What does ethnic cleansing create?

Answer 31

Creates an ethnically homogeneous region (less diversity)

Question 32

Mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group out of existence

Answer 32

Genocide