a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race; One of the largest ethnic minorities in the U.S.
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Nationalism
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A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country or ethnic group.
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Genocide
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(n.) the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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segregation
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Separation of public life based on race; Laws established in the US Southern states after slavery and in effect until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
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ethnic cleansing
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A process in which a more powerful ethnic group attempts to remove a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.
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Ethnic Enclave
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A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is different than the surrounding area.
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Part nation state
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When a nation overlaps the boundaries of multiple states/you have multiple nations states of the same the same nation (Arabia).
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nationality
Front
Identity as member of a nation/state; Legal status (citizenship); Allegiance (loyalty) to a nation/state
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Kurds
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The largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland; Divided among several nationalities including Turkish, Syrian, Iraqi, and Iranian nationalities.
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Multinational state
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State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
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segregation
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Separation of public life based on race; Laws established in the US Southern states after slavery and in effect until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
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Racist
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A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.
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Balkanized
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A small geographic area that could not successfully be organized into one or more stable states because it was inhabited by many ethnicities with complex, long-standing antagonisms toward each other.
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racism
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A belief in superiority or inferiority of people purely because of race.
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ethnic cleansing
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A process in which a more powerful ethnic group attempts to remove a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.
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racism
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A belief in superiority or inferiority of people purely because of race.
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Triangular Slave Trade
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A practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.
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Balkanization
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Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.
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Centripetal force
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An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
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Blockbusting
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A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood.
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Apartheid
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A South African policy of complete legal separation of the races, including the banning of all social contacts between blacks and whites.
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Ethnoburb
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A suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic group.
a suburb with a concentration of a particular ethnic group.
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Sharecropper
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A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops.
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race
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Physical traits; Identity with a group of people based on a biological ancestor.
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ethnicity
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Cultural traits; Identity with people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.
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Race
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Identity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.
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Nationality
Front
Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.
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Multiethnic State
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A state that contains more than one ethnicity.
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Rwanda
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An East African country of 12 million with its capital at Kigali; Site of a 1994 genocide in which the majority Hutu ethnic group attempted to murder all the minority Tutsi ethnic groups.
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Kurds
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The largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland; Divided among several nationalities including Turkish, Syrian, Iraqi, and Iranian nationalities.
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genocide
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The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to create an ethnically homogenous region.
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Apartheid
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Separation of races into geographic areas ("homelands"); Forced migration of blacks into "homelands"; Established in South Africa after independence from the British Empire and in effect until the 1990s.
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Apartheid
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A South African policy of complete legal separation of the races, including the banning of all social contacts between blacks and whites.
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Racism
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Belief that one race is superior to another.
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Indian partition of 1947
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British exit lead to ethnic conflict and the creation of Pakistan
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Ethnic cleansing
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Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.
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race
Front
Physical traits; Identity with a group of people based on a biological ancestor.
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Apartheid
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Separation of races into geographic areas ("homelands"); Forced migration of blacks into "homelands"; Established in South Africa after independence from the British Empire and in effect until the 1990s.
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Centrifugal force
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A force that divides people and countries.
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nationality
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Identity as member of a nation/state; Legal status (citizenship); Allegiance (loyalty) to a nation/state
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ethnicity
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Cultural traits; Identity with people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.
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Ethnicity
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A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.
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Ghetto
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A section of a city where members of a minority group live due to social, legal or economic pressure
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genocide
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The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to create an ethnically homogenous region.
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Indian partition of 1947
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British exit lead to ethnic conflict and the creation of Pakistan
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Self determination
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Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
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White flight
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The departure of whites from places (like urban neighborhoods or schools) increasingly or predominantly populated by ethnic minorities.
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Hispanic/Latino/Latina
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a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race; One of the largest ethnic minorities in the U.S.
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Rwanda
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An East African country of 12 million with its capital at Kigali; Site of a 1994 genocide in which the majority Hutu ethnic group attempted to murder all the minority Tutsi ethnic groups.
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Nation-state
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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.
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Section 2
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Ethnic Enclave
Front
A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is different than the surrounding area.
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Racist
Front
A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.
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Blockbusting
Front
A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood.
Back
Ethnic cleansing
Front
Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.
Back
Sharecropper
Front
A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops.
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Ghetto
Front
A section of a city where members of a minority group live due to social, legal or economic pressure
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Genocide
Front
(n.) the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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Balkanized
Front
A small geographic area that could not successfully be organized into one or more stable states because it was inhabited by many ethnicities with complex, long-standing antagonisms toward each other.
Back
Part nation state
Front
When a nation overlaps the boundaries of multiple states/you have multiple nations states of the same the same nation (Arabia).
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Race
Front
Identity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.
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Ethnoburb
Front
A suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic group.
a suburb with a concentration of a particular ethnic group.
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Racism
Front
Belief that one race is superior to another.
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Balkanization
Front
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.
Back
Centripetal force
Front
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
Back
Triangular Slave Trade
Front
A practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.
Back
White flight
Front
The departure of whites from places (like urban neighborhoods or schools) increasingly or predominantly populated by ethnic minorities.
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Nationalism
Front
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country or ethnic group.
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Self determination
Front
Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
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Nation-state
Front
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.
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Ethnicity
Front
A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.
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Centrifugal force
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A force that divides people and countries.
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Multiethnic State
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A state that contains more than one ethnicity.
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Multinational state
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State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
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Nationality
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Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.