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For each term, provide a definition

1. apartheid
2. Balkanization:
3. centripetal force:
4. centrifugal force
5. barrio
6. barrioization
7. shatter belt
8. dowry death
9. ethnic cleansing
10. ethnic group
11. ethnicity
12. ethnocentrism
13. ghetto
14. multiethnic state
15. multinational state

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1. A system of racial segregation in south africa

2. the division of a country or place into smaller units that are often hostile to one another.

3. a force exploited on a body that's moving in a circular motion (think of a satellite orbiting Earth)

4. a force that acts outward on something moving around a center point (think of mud flying off a tire)

5. a ward, quarter, or district of a town in a spanish-speaking country.

6. a "dramatic" increase in the number of hispanic residents in a given area. The word is mainly used in the United States.

7. A region caught between two stronger, colliding forces. (Sudan, Balkan, Ukraine, Russia are considered shatterbelt regions).

8. death of a married woman driven by her spouse or in-laws over a dispute over their dowry. ( a dowry is property or money that a woman gives to her husband on their wedding. India is one place where this is extremely common).

9. the mass killing of an ethnic or religious group in a society. (an example would be the Holocaust, when Nazis tried to rid the world of Jews).

10. a group of people who share a common cultural background.

11. a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. (examples: asian, african american, latino, white, etc.)

12. thoughts one culture has on another culture based on their traditions. (example: is Asia, chopsticks are used for every meal. Asians might find it unnecessary for Americans to use forks, spoons, knives, etc.)

13. a part of a city occupied by minority groups, often can be described as a slum.

14. a state that contains more than one ethnic group.

15. a sovereign state that comprises two or more nations or states

hope this helped :)

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1. Apartheid= A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
2. Balkanisation= Dividing (a region or body) into smaller mutually hostile states or groups.
3. Centripetal force= A force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed towards the centre around which the body is moving.
4. Centrifugal force= A force, arising from the body's inertia, which appears to act on a body moving in a circular path and is directed away from the centre around which the body is moving.
5. Barrio= A district of a town in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
6. Barrioization= A term used in the field of Human Geography. It is defined by geographer James Curtis as the "dramatic" increase in Hispanic population in a
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