Human Geography: Genocide- Multi-Ethnic state

Multi-Ethnic State

State that contains more than one ethnicity Ex: America

apartheid

a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites Ex: Segregation of Whites and Blacks in South Africa

Centripetal Force

any force that causes an object to move in a circular path Ex: An inverted rollercoaster

Genocide

deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group Ex: The killing of Jews in the Holocaust

Ethnicity

identity in a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture. Ex: My family is from England, so I am of an English ethnicity.

Religious Fundamentalism

religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy Ex: Missionaries that go places to spread their religion

Balkanized

small area, unstable state, antagonism between ethnicities. Ex: Japanese work camps during WWII

Balkanization

Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities Ex:The Japanese being sent Work camps in the U.S. during WWII

Blockbusting

The illegal practice of trying to lower property values. Ex: When an African-American person moves into a house near a white person, Realtors try toget them to move.

Ethnic Cleansing

The removal or extermination of a certain ethnic group. Ex: Jews being sent to Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany during WWII