Unit 7

Question 1

apartheid

Answer 1

laws in South Africa that used to separate different races into different geographic areas

Question 2

balkanization

Answer 2

the process in which a state breaks down through conflicts among ethnicities

Question 3

balkanized

Answer 3

a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized due to long lasting disputes between the many ethnicities present there

Question 4

blockbusting

Answer 4

a process in which real estate agents convince white residents to sell their houses for cheap prices in fear of black people moving in, and the resell to blacks for a high price

Question 5

centripetal force

Answer 5

an attitude that tends to unify people and gain support for a state

Question 6

ethnic cleansing

Answer 6

a policy designed by one ethnic or political group by violent means in order to get rid of another ethnic or religious group within a particular geographic area

Question 7

ethnic encalve

Answer 7

an area with a high concentration of people from a particular ethnic group distinct from the surrounding areas

Question 8

ethnicity

Answer 8

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

Question 9

ethnoburb

Answer 9

a suburban area with a cluster of people from a particular ethnic group

Question 10

genocide

Answer 10

the mass killing of a ethnic or religious group with the goal of eliminating the entire group from existence

Question 11

nationalism

Answer 11

loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality

Question 12

nationality

Answer 12

identity with a group of people who share a legal attachment with a country

Question 13

race

Answer 13

identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physical trait

Question 14

racism

Answer 14

the belief that race is the determining factor of whether a person is good or bad and the use of racial differences to create a race superior to others

Question 15

racist

Answer 15

a person who practices racism

Question 16

sharecropper

Answer 16

a person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and loans by turning over a portion of their crops to the landowner

Question 17

triangular slave trade

Answer 17

a practice during the 18th century in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to the Caribbean, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa