where are ethnicities distrubuted Flashcards

1
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ethnicity group

A

a group that share cultural background

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2
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where are ethnicities distributed?

A

clustered in specific areas

or match the boundaries of a coutry

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3
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2 most numerous ethnicities in USA

A

hispanic/latino 15%

african americans 13%

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4
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percent hispanic latinos in USA

A

15%

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5
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percent african americans in USA

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13%

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6
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percent asian americans in USA

A

4%

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7
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percent american india

A

1%

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8
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where are hispanics in USA

A

southwest
1/3+ arizona, new mexico, and texas pop
1/4 california

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9
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chicanos

A

come from mexico

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10
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african americans are where in USA

A

southeast
1/4 alabama georgia louisiana, maryland, south carolina pop
1/3 mississippi pop

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11
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asian americans where in the USA?

A
west
40% hawaii
1/2 of asian american pop live in california
chinese = 1/4 asian americans
indians, filipinos, 1/5 of AAs
korean vietnamese = 1/10 of AAs
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12
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american indians and alaska natives where in the USA

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southwest and plains states

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13
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african americans and hispanics are highly clustered in rural or urban cities

A

urban cities

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14
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in detroit african americans are —percent of the pop

african americas form — of the rest of michigan

A

85%

and 7%

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15
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highest pop of hispanic states

A

california and texas

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16
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ethnc identity is preserved through——in europe immigrants descendents

A

religion
food
and cultural traditions rather than location

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17
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los angeles african american cluster

A

south central

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18
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los angeles hispanic cluster

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east

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19
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why is los angels special

A

different ethnicity groups are clustered in diffrent areas

20
Q

los angeles asian american custer

A

south and westr

21
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three major african american migrations

A

1) slave tradde-african slaves forced to migrate to american colonies 18th century
2) usa south to north 1st half of 20th century
3) immigration from ghettos to other urban neighborhoods 2nd half of 20th entury and 1st decade of 21st century

22
Q

first african americans arrived in —-on a —-ship

A

jamestown virginia
on a
dutch ship

23
Q

united states baned slaves from being brought in the country when

A

1808

24
Q

slavery 2,000 years ago was widespread in the

A

roman empire

25
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serfs

A

laboeres working land in the feudal system

they had to give a portion of their crops and provide services to the landlord

26
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feudal system

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laborers working the land (serfs) were bound to the land and not free to migrate anywhere else.

27
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how europeans cause of slaveryin usa

A

europeans owning plantations in the americas sent slaves there

28
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how did slavery start

A

east and west coast africans took advantage of the superior weapons and conquered groups living further inland and sold them to europeans

29
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which nationalities first participated in the save trad

A

portugal and spanish

30
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portugal shiped slaves from— to—-

A

angola and mozanbique to brazil

31
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other euroean countires mainly shipped slaves from — to —

A

coastal strip of west africa between liberia and the congo to the caribbean islands ad central and south amaerica

32
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triangular slavetrade

A

1) ships from europ to africa had cloth and trade goods to buy slaves
2) africa to western hemisphere (mostly c aribean) had slave sand gold
3) carribean to eorupe carried sugar and molasses

33
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rectangular trade pattern

A

extra step) caribbean-> north amreican colonies carry molasses
() rum carried to europe

34
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1863

A

lincol issues the emancipation proclamation

35
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emancipation proclamation

A

frees slave in 11 confederate states

36
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thirteenth admendment

A

outlaws slavery

37
Q

sharecroppers

A

rents fields paid for by giving a share of crops to te landowner
seeds tools food and living quarters paid by credit which is paid by crops

38
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why migration to the north

A

sharecroppers less common becaus e of technology and wre pushed off farms.
where they went to cities in the north for jobs (war effort)

39
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east coast AA migration

A

from carolinas and other south atlantic states to baltimore philadelphia, new yorkm and northesastern cities (I-95)

40
Q

east central migration AA

A

alabama and east tennessee
north to
detroit (I-75 ) and
cleveland (I-77)

41
Q

west central AA migration

A

mississippi and west tennessee
north to
st. louis/chicago (I-55)

42
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southwest AA migration

A

texas west to california (I-10 and I-20)

43
Q

two main waves of AA mingration north

A

1) 1910-20 before and after WW1

2) 1940-50 before and after WWII

44
Q

ghettos

A

clusters of african americans in big cities

named after neighborhoods jews were forced to live in in the middle ages

45
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ghetto emigration

A

tight packed ghettos to adjacent neighborhoods in 1950-60