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Chapter 5
Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
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Geography
9th Grade
11/15/2006

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Identity
Definition
how we define ourselves
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race
Definition
categorization of humans based on skin color and other physical characteristics
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residential segregation
Definition
the degree to which two or more groups live seperatly from one another in different parts of the urban environment
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invasion and succession
Definition
the process by which new immigrants often move to areas occupied by older immigrant groups
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sense of place
Definition
connecting a place with emotion... helps construct identity
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barrioization
Definition
the dramatic increase of the hispanic population in any given neighborhood
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gender
Definition
a culture's assumptions about the differences between men and womem; their characteristics, their roles they play in society and what they represent
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why do geographers care about identity?
Definition
1. power relationships
2. how a place is structerd between race and gender
3. how assumptions about the "other" are formed
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sighns of an ethnic neighborhood
Definition
1. religious symbols
2. ethnic main street
3. signage
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informal economy
Definition
private often home based activities that are not counted in GNI
Term
four ethnic population clusters in the US
Definition
1. Asian (california and Hawaii)
2. African American (SE and N cities)
3. Hispanic (SW and big cities)
4. Native Americans (SW and plains)
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What two religions were involved in the Lebanon civil war?
Definition
Christians and muslims
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Hezbelliah
Definition
muslim militant sect
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Where are Ethiopia and Eritrea located?
Definition
horn of africa
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Tigrinyan
Definition
Eritrean language
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exurbia
Definition
prosperous area beyond the suburbs
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exurbia
Definition
prosperous area beyond the suburbs
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exurbia
Definition
prosperous area beyond the suburbs
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diaspora
Definition
situation of any body of people living outside their traditional homeland
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diaspora
Definition
situation of any body of people living outside their traditional homeland
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protectorate
Definition
state or territory controlled or protected by another state
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true or false: the universal declaration of human rights is legally binding
Definition
false
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the british divided india into what regions?
Definition
east pakistan (bangladesh), west pakistan, india
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the british divided india into what regions?
Definition
east pakistan (bangladesh), west pakistan, india
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the british divided india into what regions?
Definition
east pakistan (bangladesh), west pakistan, india
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what are the four countries in the horn of africa?
Definition
djibouti, ethiopia, somalia, eritrea
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what are the four countries in the horn of africa?
Definition
djibouti, ethiopia, somalia, eritrea
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when did yugoslavia disband?
Definition
early 1990's
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when did yugoslavia disband?
Definition
early 1990's
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when did yugoslavia disband?
Definition
early 1990's
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ethnic cleansing
Definition
extermination of certain ethnic groups
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what did the janjaweed malitia do?
Definition
convert darfur into one complete ethnic society based on completed muslim traditions
Term
what were the two main religions involved in the break up of yugoslavia
Definition
muslims and christians
Term
balkanization
Definition
the breakup of a state dure to conflict among nationalities
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primarily muslim areas in the india/pakistan conflict became what? and hindu?
Definition
muslims=pakistan
hindu=india
Term
what is the majority religion in sri lanka?
Definition
sid hala buddhism
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which ethnic group set out to "ethnically cleans" another group in 1962?
Definition
Hutus killed tutsis because they were scared they were going to take control of the newly independent nation
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true or false: the kurds are an ethnic group without a state.
Definition
true
Term
true or false: the kurds are an ethnic group without a state.
Definition
true
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what political party first made the apartied govermental policy?
Definition
the afrikanner nationalist party
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bantuntans
Definition
idea that nine different african groups will have their own nations within the country. failed because land designated was non arable
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