AP HUG CHPT 5: Ethnic Geography Homelands and Islands
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ethnic group | people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture |
| host culture | a new culture to which a person must acculturate |
| acculturation | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
| ethnic geography | the study of spatial distributions and interactions of ethnic groups and of the cultural characteristics on which they are based |
| foodways | the many forms and practices that define how a nation shops for, cooks, and consumes its food |
| ethnic minorities | People classified according to common traits and customs |
| ethnic homelands | A sizeable area inhabited by an ehnic minority that exhibits a strong sense of attachment to the region and often exercises some measure of politcal and social control over it |
| ethnic islands | small, usually rural and ethnically homogeneous enclaves situated within a larger and more diverse cultural context. |
| Acadiana | the Cajun region of south Louisiana |
| Hispanic | an American whose first language is Spanish |
| Latino | an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages |
| Deseret | The Mormons settled here. It was in the midst of the desert of Utah and this is where they set up communities. They worked hard to make it flourish. Important because this was the first settlement in Utah. |
| Black Belt | deep south area that stretched from South Carolina to Georgia to the new states in the southwest frontier which had the highest concentration of slaves |
| ethnic substrate | Regional Cultural Distinctiveness that remains following the assimilation of an ethnic homeland |
| ethnic neighborhood | an area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background |
| ghetto | a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions |
| nationality | the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization |
| chain migration | migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
| American letters | letters from immigrants in the United States to frends and relitives in the old country, which spurred further immigration |
| channelized | To make, form, or cut channels in. |
| ethnic cleansing | the mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area |
| return migration | the voluntary movements of immigrants back to their place of origin. Also known as circular migration |
| cultural simplification | The process by which immigrant ethnic groups lose certain aspects of their traditional culture in the process of settling overseas, creating a new culture that is less complex than the old |
| cultural adaptation | The positive reaction where by the foreigner readily accepts the new culture as part of his life and practice. |
| adaptive strategy | The unique way in which each culture uses it's particular physical environment; Those aspects of culture that serve to provide the necessities of life - Food, clothing, shelter, and defense |
| preadaptation | when evolution takes an existing structure and puts it to a new use |
| superquadra | Oscar Niemeyer, 1956, residential superblocks, Brasilia, Brazil |
| tropical savanna climate | tropical climate located between tropical rain forest and tropical desert climates, producing very wet summers and very dry winters |
| cultural maladaptation | poor or inadequate adaptation that occurs when a group pursues an adaptive strategy that, in the short run, fails to provide the necessities of life or, in the long run, destroys the environment that nourishes it. |
| Sami | the language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| economic performance | Strong economy (until very recently), reduced public ownership of major resources, Pound is very strong against the dollar |
| tortillerias | tortilla shop |
| Dutch Calvinists | gained a following of rich merchants in the Netherlands, revolt against Habsburgs, Phillip sends Alva to pacify them |
| Hmong People | Pushed out of their region due to shrinking rain forest and distrust from govenments. A lot moved to USA., * Prime example of mediation * South East Asia * Diasporic people |
| ethnic landscape | The landscape formed by the ethnicities living in that area. Example: where chinese ethnic groups migrated - china town becomes part of landscape |
| ethnic flag | a readily visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape that strikes even the untrained eye |
| Old World | the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas |
| Walter Kollmorgen | Noted agricultural geographer that made early contributions to the study of American ethnic groups. |
| Mennonite | follower of Menno Simons, early 16th cent reformer who rejected infant baptism, eucharistic presence, and church organiations, emphasized pacifism and nonresistance |
| ethnic cuisine | The cuisine of a group of people having a common cultural heritage, as opposed to the cuisine of a group of people bound together by geography or political factors |
| Little Havana | Miami; Cuba Central |
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