AP Human Geography – Mr. Horas

Chapter 7: Ethnicity (Pages 224 – 259)

Introduction (227) 1. Define ethnicity

1.

2. Define race:

2.

Key Issue #1: Where Are Ethnicities Distributed? (227) Before You Read: What is your ethnicity? What is your race? What is your nationality?

1. List the four ethnicities mentioned in your text and list their regional location and percentage of the U.S. population.

2. List two cities where African Americans are concentrated and give the percentage of population they make up in these cities.

BYR:

Ethnicity

2a. 2b.

Region

% in U.S.

3. List three cities where Hispanics are concentrated and give the percentage of population they make up in these cities.

3a. 3b. 3c.

4. Name and describe three major migration patterns of African-Americans that have shaped their current distribution in the U.S.

4a.

4b.

4c.

5. Contrast ethnicity and race.

5.

6. Identify the following: a. Plessy vs. Ferguson:

6a.

b. Brown vs. Board of Education:

6b.

c. White Flight:

6c.

d. Blockbusting:

6d.

7. Explain two ways apartheid in South Africa was similar to race practices in the U.S. prior to the 1960s. Explain two ways apartheid was different.

7a.

7b.

After you read: In a sentence, write a main idea that answers the key issue question posed.

AYR:

Key Issue #2: Why Have Ethnicities Been Transformed Into Nationalities (237) Before you read: What does it mean to be an American? In other words, what are a few characteristics that come to mind when someone says they are an American?

BYR:

1. Contrast nationality and ethnicity.

1a.

2. Why did most 19th century immigrants to the U.S. identify themselves by their ethnicity?

2.

3. Define the following terms: a. Self-determination

3a.

b. Nation-State (Give an example):

b.

c. Nationalism

c.

d. Centripetal Force (Give an example):

d.

e. Centrifugal Force (Give an example):

e.

3. The former Soviet Union was a prominent example of a multinational state. Define multinational state and explain how this term applies to the former Soviet Union.

3.

4. How did the Soviet Union change after the fall of the Berlin Wall?

4.

5. Name three nation-states created out of the former Soviet Union.

5.

6. Give two examples of centrifugal forces at work in present day Russia.

6a. 6b.

7. Give an example of an ethnic revival in East Europe/

After you read: In a sentence, write a main idea that answers the key issue question posed.

7.

AYR:

Key Issue #3: Why Do Ethnicities Clash? (244) Before you read: Do you recall any incidences of ethnic tension in Africa in the last twenty years? Where did they occur?

1. Compare and contrast the causes of ethnic tension in one of the countries in the horn of Africa with those in Lebanon.

BYR:

1a. (Compare)

1b. (Contrast)

2. Explain the origin of the division of Hindus and Muslims in India & Pakistan.

2.

3. Why does the ethnic tension in Kashmir involve?

3.

4. In a sentence, explain what the source of tension among ethnicities in Sri Lanka involves.

4.

After you read: In a sentence, write a main idea that answers the key issue question posed.

AYR:

Key Issue #4: What Is Ethnic Cleansing? (250) Before you read: What do you understand by the term ethnic cleansing?

1. Define ethnic cleansing:

BYR:

1a.

2. Describe the ethnic diversity in the former Yugoslavia.

2.

3. Many Bosnia Muslims live in Saint Louis. Based on your reading, explain how they wound up in Saint Louis.

3a.

4. What is Balkanization?

4.

5. Why did the Hutus and Tutsis clash in Rwanda in the mid 90s?

5.

6. What were two results of the conflict?

6a.

6b.

After you read: In a sentence, write a main idea that answers the key issue question posed.

AYR: