Identify and describe the major ethnicities in the US
The three most numerous ethnicities are:
- Hispanics
- African Americans
- Asian Americans
Describe the distribution of major US ethnicities among states and within urban areas
- Hispanics are clustered in SW, African Americans in the SE, and Asian Americans in the W
- African Americans and Hispanics are highly clustered in Urban areas, especially in inner-city neighborhoods
Describe the patterns of forced and voluntary migration of African Americans, Hispanics Americans, and Asian Americans to the US
- Many African Americans trace their ancestry to forced migration from Africa for slavery
- Many Hispanics and Asian Americans trace their heritage to people who migrated in the late 20th century for economic prospects and political freedom
Describe the patterns of migration of African Americans within the US
- African Americans migrated in large numbers from the S to the N and W in the early 20th century
- African Americans clustered in inner-city ghettos that have expanded in recent decades
Explain the laws once used to segregate races in the US and S Africa
Segregation of races was legal in the US and S Africa until the late 20th century
Explain the difference between ethnicity and nationality
Nationality is identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country. Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to a nationality.
Identify and describe the principal ethnicities in Lebanon and Sri Lanka
Ethnicities here have not been able to live in peace
Describe how the Kurds, as well as the ethnicities in S Asia have been divided among more than one nationality
New borders were created and people of different ethnicities lived on both sides of the border.
Identify and describe the principal ethnicities in W Asia
The lack of correspondence between the territory occupied by ethnicities and nationalities is especially severe in W Asia
Describe the process of ethnic cleansing
- Move military equipment into villages of no use
- Round up people from the village
- Force the people to leave the village
- Destroy village by setting it on fire
Explain the concept of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans
People were rounded up and killed if they were part of an ethnic minority
Identify the principal episodes of genocide in NE Africa
Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia: Trying to convert people to Muslim
Identify the principal episodes of genocide in central Africa
Genocide has been practiced in several places in Africa including Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the COngo
