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Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Identity | How people make sense of themselves and how they see themselves at different scales |
| Identifying against | Constructing an identity by first defining an "other" and then defining self oneself "not the other" |
| Gender | Socially constructed idea of roles, behaviors, and activities that are appropriate for men and women |
| Race | Social constructs of differences among humans based on skin color that have had profound consequences on rights and opportunities |
| Residential segregation | Degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of an urban environment |
| Succession | Process by which new immigrants move to a city and take over areas or neighborhoods occupied by older immigrant groups |
| Ethnicity | Identity shared by a group of people who have a common culture, usually based on cultural traits (language, religion), national origin, or race |
| Structures of power | Assumptions and relationships dictating who is in control and who has power over others |
| Sexuality | Sexual orientation or preference identified by a person |
| Intersectionality | Interconnection and overlap between social categories (race, sexuality, class, gender) |
| Gross national income | A measurement of a country's wealth that includes the total value if all goods and services produced within a country, plus income received from investments outside the country in a year |
| Formal economy | Economic productivity in agriculture ], mining, and services that is counted or taxed by the government |
| Informal economy | Portion of the economy that is not taxed or regulated by the government. Goods and services are exchanged based on barter or cash systems, and earnings are not reporter=d to the government |
| Vulnerability | Probability of destruction of life or property from a hazard or crisis |
| Sex ratio | Number of males relative to females in a population |
| Dowry | Price paid in cash and gifts through marriage (generally given by the bride's family to the groom's father) |
| Barrioization | Dramatic increase in Hispanic population in s neighborhood (barrio in Spanish means neighborhood) |
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