Ethnic Geography

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ethnicity definition

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social group that has a common national or cultural tradition

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ethnicity comes from what word and what is the meaning

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Greek word ethnos, meaning “people” or “nation”

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ethnic geography definition

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study of spatial aspects of ethnicity

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ethnic groups often practice

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unique adaptive strategies

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ethnic groups occupy

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clearly defined areas

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ethnic landscape definition

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impacts of ethnicity upon the cultural landscape

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how is ethnic geography influenced

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humans alter & manipulate the landscape to express their identity

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what is ethnic geography determined by

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history, migration, population, sequent occupance

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what is sequent occupance

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layers of history in a place

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what are ethnic traditions

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shape division/use of land, activities, styles of structures constructed

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examples of ethnic traditions

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architecture, tilling soil, transportation, clothing & adornment, sights, sounds, & smells of a place

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ethnic homelands are

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hearths

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ethnic homelands are regions occupied by

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common ancestry, distinct culture, recognizable landscape associated with the group

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ethnic homelands have

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sizable populations

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ethnic homelands characteristics are

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different than those around them

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ethnic homelands are

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transferrable to new locations

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ethnic homelands example: Acadiana

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Louisiana French (cajun people)

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ethnic homelands example: Spanish-American

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highland New Mexico, Colorado, and South Texas

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ethnic homelands example: Navajo Reservation

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New Mexico and Arizona

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ethnic homelands example: French-Canadian

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centered on the valley of lower St. Lawrence River in Quebec

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ethnic homelands example: Deseret

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Mormon homeland in the Great Basin of the Intermontane West

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ethnic group definition

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people of common ancestry and cultural tradition, living as a minority in a larger society, or host culture

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issues when defining ethnic groups

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controversy, different groups base identities on different traits, politics (we/they dichotomy)

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role of ethnic groups

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keepers of distinctive cultural traditions, focal points of various kinds of social interaction, provides group identity, friendships, and marriages, provides a recreation outlet, business success, & a political power base, can give rise to suspicion

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ethnic islands are in

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rural areas

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ethnic islands are

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smaller than ethnic homelands

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ethnic islands are more

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numerous than homelands

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example of ethnic island: Germans

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form the largest group found in ethnic islands, southeastern Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

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example of ethnic island: Scandinavians

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primarily Swedes and Norwegians - came mainly to Minnesota, the eastern Dakotas, and western Wisconsin

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example of ethnic island: Ukrainians

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settled mainly in the Canadian Prairie Provinces

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example of ethnic island: Slavic groups

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mainly Poles and Czechs - established scattered colonies in the Midwest and Texas

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assimilation

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gradual loss of the cultural traits, beliefs, & practices that distinguish immigrant ethnic groups & their members

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acculturation

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adoption by the immigrants of the values, attitudes, ways of behavior, & speech of the receiving society

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assimilation

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cultural absorption of a minority group into the main cultural body, adopting new culture & lose their original features, only minority group gets absorbed into the majority group

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acculturation

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transfer of values and customs from one group to another, retain original cultural features while adapting to the new culture, two-way process

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cultural pluralism

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the premise that members of an ethnic group resist pressures to assimilate & retain those traits, beliefs, & practices that make them distinct

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cultural pluralism AKA

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multiculturalism

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equal co-existence

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recognition, maintenance, and ultimately respect and appreciation of the uniqueness and distinctiveness of cultural groups

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urban ethnic neighborhoods tend to be

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transitory

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ethnicity interacts with

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religion, health, business activity, types of employment, sterotypes

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US has more

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visible ethnic diversity than Canada

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ethnic groups are associated with

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distinct geographical regions

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race

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combination of physical attributes in a population

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social meaning of race affects

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access to wealth/power/prestige, access to eduction/housing, where you live, how you are treated, life chances

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systemic racism

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how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society

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systemic racism seen in

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the wealth gap, employment, housing discrimination, government surveillance, incarceration, drug arrests, immigration arrests, infant mortality

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ethnicity

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heritage, background, language, religion

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race

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physical characteristics, hair color, skin color, eye color