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Human Geo - Ch. 5
Study Cards for Chapter 5 Test
Term | Definition |
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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 |