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Chapter 7: Ethnicity Key Issue # 1: Where are Ethnicities Distributed? Rubenstein, pages 226 231 As you read complete your vocabulary list. INTRODUCTION 1. Why is ethnicity important to geographers? ETHNICITIES in the UNITED STATES 2. Use the concept of race when answering the following questions: (a) What is the problem with the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of “Asian”? (b) What is the difference between “AfricanAmerican” and “black”? (c) How does the U.S. Census Bureau categorize Hispanics? 3. Complete the chart identifying America’s four major ethnic groups (other than whiteEuropeans). Ethnic Group % of U.S. Population Groups within the Larger Ethnic Group 4. Explain how ethnicities have a distinct distribution pattern on a state level: % of population within state % of population within major urban centers AfricanAmericans Hispanics

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Chapter 7: Ethnicity Key Issue # 1: Where are Ethnicities Distributed?  Rubenstein, pages 226 ‐ 231  As you read complete your vocabulary list. 

 INTRODUCTION 1. Why is ethnicity important to geographers?   

ETHNICITIES in the UNITED STATES 

2. Use the concept of race when answering the following questions: 

  (a) What is the problem with the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of “Asian”? 

 

 

(b) What is the difference between “African‐American” and “black”? 

 

 

(c) How does the U.S. Census Bureau categorize Hispanics? 

  3. Complete the chart identifying America’s four major ethnic groups (other than white‐Europeans).   

Ethnic Group  % of U.S. Population 

Groups within the Larger Ethnic Group 

   

     

   

     

   

     

   

     

 

4. Explain how ethnicities have a distinct distribution pattern on a state level: 

  % of population within state   % of population within major urban centers 

African‐Americans     

 

Hispanics     

 

 

 

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 1  DISTRIBUTION of ETHNICITIES in the UNITED STATES 

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/immigration_map_what_are_the_biggest_immigra

nt_groups_in_your_state.html 

5. Shade the areas on the map in which ethnicities are regionally clustered. 

 

 

 

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6. Can you offer an explanation for the immigration trends in the maps from question 5. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Provide an example(s) from your reading to illustrate how the following ethnicities, in the United 

States, are urbanized (likely to live in cities) than whites. (pgs. 229‐230) 

AFRICAN‐AMERICANS  HISPANICS 

          

             

 

 

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Chapter 7: Ethnicity Key Issue # 2: Why Do Ethnicities Have Distinctive Distributions?  Rubenstein, pages 232 ‐ 237  As you read complete your vocabulary list. 

 

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION of ETHNICITIES 

1. Complete the chart below to summarize the historic migration patterns of 

African‐Americans.  Remember – when, where (origination to destination), why 

Migration from Africa  Migration to the North  Migration Within Cities (the ghettoes) 

                

   

 

2. How did Hispanic & Asian migration differ from that of African‐Americans? 

 

 

    SEGREGATION by ETHNICITY & RACE 

3. Use the concept of geography of race when explaining “Separate but Equal” 

 

(b) How did Jim Crow laws reinforce this spatial phenomenon? 

 

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4. CASE STUDY – South Africa: Division by Race 

   (a) describe some of the key components of the apartheid system: 

 

 

 

    

(b) What was the purpose for creating black homelands? 

 

 

 

   

(c) What is the legacy of apartheid? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d) Label the map to reflect South Africa’s apartheid homelands:  

           

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Chapter 7: Ethnicity Key Issue # 3: Why Do Conflicts Arise among Ethnicities?  Rubenstein, pages 238 ‐ 245  As you read complete your vocabulary list. 

 ETHNICITIES & NATIONALITIES 1. How are nationality, ethnicity, and race perceived differently in the U.S.:      2. Explain how each of the following nations deal with the concept of a national identity. 

(a) the United States 

(b) Canada 

3. Summarize the relationship between sports and ethnic identity within the United Kingdom.  

 

4. (a) How do nations and states foster nationalism? 

           

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 3  Case Study: LEBANON 5. Complete the case study as directed (a) Label the map of Lebanon and the surrounding region. Indicate the religious geography of the country as indicated in textbook.  (b) Complete the chart of below 

Christian groups (largest to smallest) 

% of Christian population 

   

   

   

 

 

 

   (c) Describe the breakdown of Muslim branches, including their percentages in Lebanon:     (d) What is the most important non‐Muslim non‐Christian group?  Describe their belief system.                          (e) How did Lebanon’s 1943 Constitution seek to solve the religious problem? 

Chamber of Deputies: 

The President: 

The Premier: 

The speaker of the Chamber of Deputies 

The foreign minister 

 (f) How has the population changed since the 1943 census? 

 

 

(g) What happened in 1975? What was the resolution?   

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 3  Case Study: SRI LANKA 6. Complete the case study as directed (a) Label and annotate a religious/ethnic geographical study of the island of Ceylon; country of Sri Lanka               (b) Complete the chart comparing the two major ethnicities:  

Ethnic Group 

% of the pop 

Language (family, etc) 

Religion  Societal Place or Issues 

   

       

   

       

 (d)  How long have these two groups been rivals?     (e) How was the violence been suppressed for 300 years?     (f) What occurred in 1948?  

 

 

 

 

   

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 3  DIVIDING ETHNICITIES AMONG MORE THAN ONE STATE 7. When British colonial control ended in South Asia in 1947, what geographical solutions did they put in place? What was the reasoning?                   8. Forced migration: label all the countries shown and annotate the map to show movement of ethnicities as they found themselves “on the wrong side of [the] boundary” in the 1940s.  9. What happened to many of these refugees as they traveled?       10. Explain the conflicts occurring in the region of Kashmir, both politically and religiously:               

http://www.gendercid

e.org/case_kashmir_p

unjab.html 

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 3  Ethnic Diversity in Iraq  11. (a) What is the population breakdown? 

       (b) What is the religious breakdown? 

       (c) What was the reaction of the different groups to the removal of Sadam Hussein by U.S. forces in 2003?   (i) Kurds 

  (ii) Sunni Muslims 

  (iii) Shiite Muslims 

 Ethnic Diversity in Iran 12. (a) What is the largest ethnicity within Iran? What is their religious affiliation? Explain.            (b) What are the other important ethnicities?      Ethnic Diversity in Afghanistan 13(a) What are the major ethnic groups?             (b) How did the ethnic conflict begin in this country?  

 

 (c) Who are the Taliban? 

         

(d) Why did the U.S. get involved? What is the aftermath? 

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 3  Ethnic Diversity in Pakistan 14. (a) What is the population breakdown? What is their religious affiliation?        (b)  Identify the countries and indicate the ethnic/religious geography of the region as indicated in textbook.  

 

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Chapter 7: Ethnicity Key Issue # 4: What Do Ethnicities Engage in Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide?  Rubenstein, pages 246 ‐ 255  As you read complete your vocabulary list. 

 1. When boundaries were redrawn in Europe after WWII, what was the effect on various ethnic groups?      2. How is ethnic cleansing different than normal warfare?      ETHNIC CLEANSING in the BALKANS Multiethnic Yugoslavia 3. List three (3) important/interesting facts regarding the formation of the post‐WWI country of Yugoslavia   (a) 

 

  (b) 

 

  (c) 

 

4. Yugoslavia’s refrain, common during the Tito rule, identified the following: 

Six Republics 

Five Nationalities 

Four Languages 

Three Religions 

Two Alphabets 

One Currency 

 5. What ethno‐political problems did the country face after the death of Tito in the 1980s and fall of communism in the 90s?         

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 4  Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia 6. Why did the Serbs and Croats in Bosnia (Bosnia‐Herzegovina) ethnically cleanse themselves of Bosnian Muslims?       7(a) The Accord signed in Dayton, Ohio in 1996 by these rival ethnicities made the following concessions:        (b) Which group got the best deal? the worst? Explain     Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo 8. Answer the following question based on your reading:   (a) What country and ethnicity controls it today?      (b)What ethnic group lives in Kosovo (and %)?       (c) What effects did Kosovo feel with the break‐up of Yugoslavia?      (d) What was the response from the United States and United Nations?      9. If peace comes to the Balkan Peninsula in the next few years, why will it be “in a tragic way,” according to the author of your textbook?       

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 4  ETHNIC CLEANSING & GENOCIDE in SUB‐SAHARAN AFRICA  10. Make notes on major issues in each of these ethnic conflicts and shade & annotate the map as necessary:  THE SUDAN 

 

ETHOPIA & ERITREA 

 

SOMALIA 

    

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Chapter 7: K.I. # 4  ETHNIC CLEANSING & GENOCIDE in CENTRAL AFRICA  11. Describe the ethnic parties involved in the conflict and background (origin, economy, initial meeting):   (a)Hutus: 

  (b) Tutsis: 

  12. What was the catalyst event for the genocide in 1994?        13. How did colonial controls affect the ethnic rivalry? Explain         14. How has this conflict effected Rwanda’s neighbors?