Location where some type of culture / cultural trait originates.
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What is race?
These are the biological traits that separate the people of earth.
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What is the difference between de jure and de factor segregation?
De jure is legal segregation and de factor is more custom segregation.
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Where are the major minority groups located in the US (Hispanic, African Americans, and Asian Americans)?
Hispanic (Southwest / California), African Americans (Southeast / inner cities), and Asian Americans (Hawaii / California)
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What is redlining?
An illegal practice where people deny loans to certain people, usually racial based (almost literally draw a red line on a map and those inside are denied).
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Explain the concept of white flight?
When white people leave an area due to an increase of other minorities (usually African American)
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Explain the difference between centripetal / centrifugal forces and how they apply to race.
Centripetal (bonds an area) / Centrifugal (tears it apart). Examples will vary.
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Give an example of a stateless nation and explain
Kurds, Basques, Quebecois, etc.
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How did ethnicity lead to the division of India / Pakistan?
India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan sought independence due to religious differences.
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What is the Great Migration?
Influx of African American people moving to the major cities of the US to find better jobs (after WWII).
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Give an example of forced migration and explain.
Answers will vary (Africans-slaves, Irish potato famine, Holocaust, Diaspora, Indian removal, Japanese internment)
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Explain Apartheid and compare to to Jim Crow.
Answers will vary.
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What is Balkanization?
This is the fracturing of an area due to intense nationalism / ethnic tension.
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What is the difference between nation, state, and nation-state?
Nation: group who share common culture, state: control sovereign territory, nation-state: similar culture and control territory.
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What is a multi-national state?
Area where two or more ethnic groups agree to coexist (UK, Russia, US).
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What is the difference between an enclave and exclave?
Enclave: nation surrounded by another state (Lesotho) / Exclave: part of a nation that is geographically separated (Kalingrad / Alaska)
