Vocab
What is an ethnic religion?
Ethnic religions relate closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and to the physical geography of a particular place. Ethnic religions do not attempt to appeal to all people, but only one group, maybe in one area or within one ethnicity.
What are the 4 biggest religion?
Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism
Churches
Hispanics
Southwest U.S.
A person who world fields rented form a landowners and pays the rent and replays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops
What is a universalizing religion?
A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those in one specific area
islam places of worship
Mosques
Asian American
West U.S.
Blockbusting
A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood
What is balkanization?
A process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
give and example of an ethnic religion
hinduism
Hinduism
temples
African Americans
Southeast America
White Flight
Emigration of white people after black people immigrated in, caused the emergence of black ghettos
What is an ethnic enclave?
A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area
what are the branches of christianity
Roman catholic, protestant, orthodox
Buddhism
Shrines
Natives
Central U.S., Alaska
Slavery
Enslaving people to do work
What is ethnic cleansing?
the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society.
what is the origin of Islam
Southwest Asia
Judaism
Synagogues
White people
Dispersed
Apartheids
Happened in South Africa, the legal seperation of races into different geographical areas