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Human Geo - Ch. 5
Study Cards for Chapter 5 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gender | term used by sociologists to describe the cultural, physcologist and social traits associated with biological sex masculine or feminine traits. |
| sex | male - male relationships female - female relationships male - female relationships |
| ethnicity | |
| racism | a destructive form of prejudicism |
| succession | when ethnic group moves out and another moves in |
| ethnocentrism | judging based on your own cultures values |
| scapegoating | blaming somebody else to get you out |
| prejudice | is a negative attitude toward an entire category of people often in ethnic racial minority. |
| discrimination | denial of opportunities and equal rights to people based on their group memberships |
| Three types of discrimination | Legal Discrimination - supported by law Non Legal Discrimination - is not supported by law Institutional Discrimination - denial of opportunities and equal rights |