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AP Human Geography-Ethnicity Questions and Answers Graded A+
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AP Human Geography-EthnicityApartheid - answer Definition: Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically
separated different races into different geographic areas.
Example: There were apartheid laws in South Africa between around 1950 to 1994.
Application: These laws significantly added to the amount of racial discrimination in
South Africa
Balkanization - answer Definition: Process by which a state breaks down through
conflicts among its ethnicities
Example: Sudan is currently undergoing balkanization.
Application: Balkanization is the destruction of a state due to ethnic conflicts--obviously
its pretty important.
Balkanized - answer Definition: Descriptive of 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.
Example: Rwanda?
Application: Balkanized regions are very unstable and often have lots of war/turmoil
Blockbusting - answer Definition: 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.
Example: Sally sold her house because she heard that the Johnsons were moving next
door. (slightly racist, but effective for learning)
Application: Blockbusting is a loophole in the retail market that causes weird economic
turns.
Centripetal Force - answerDefinition: An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance
support for a state
Example: MLK was a centripetal force.
Application: Centripetal forces counter discrimination, a huge problem that the world
currently faces.
Ethnic Cleansing - answerDefinition: Process in which more powerful ethnic group
forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous
region
Example:The holocaust was an example of an (attempted) ethnic cleansing.
Application: The whole idea of ethnic cleansing is atrocious because it is the attempt to
wipe out an entire ethnicity.
Ethnicity - answerDefinition: Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical
and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.
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