AP Human Geography - The Cultural Landscape: Chapter 7 - Vocabulary

Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas.

Movement that campaigns against violence and perceived racism toward black people and educates others about the challenges that African Americans continue to face in the United States.

A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood.

A purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.

A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area.

Identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.

A suburban area with a cluster of a particular ethnic population.

Fear of people of a particular ethnicity.

The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence.

Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality.

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

Identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin color.

The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.

A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines.

A person who works in fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays the loans by turning over to the landowners a share of the crops.

A practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.

Fear of people who are from other countries.