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“A culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and woman. Their ‘characters,’ the roles they play in society, what they represent”
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What is Gender?
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Process by which new immigrants to a city move to and dominate or take over areas or neighborhoods occupied by older immigrant groups.
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What is Invasion and Succession?
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For example, in the early twentieth century, Puerto Rican “invaded” the immigrant Jewish neighborhood of East Harlem and successfully took over the neighborhood or “succeeded” the immigrant Jewish population as the dominant immigrant group in the neighborhood.
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What are some examples of Invasion and Succession?
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The fourth theme of geography, uniqueness of a location.
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What is Place?
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Constructing an identity by first defining the “other” and then defining ourselves as “not the other.”
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What is Identifying against?
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Power Relationships are the assumptions and structures about who is in control, and who has power over others.
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What is a power relationship?
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A categorization of humans based on skin color and other physical characteristics.
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What is Race/Racism?
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Privet, often home-based activities such as tailoring, beer brewing, food preparation, or vegetable gardening.
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What is Informal Economy and what are some examples?
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d) gender.
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A culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and women, their character, roles and divisions of labor are referred to as
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d) how we make sense of ourselves.
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According to Gillian Ross, “identity” is
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a) from a long history of adaptation to different environments.
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The regional variation in the appearance of humans in clustered populations (what we think of as “race”) probably results
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b) socially constructed
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Race is
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d) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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According to the Census Bureau, the most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans is
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c) decreasing.
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Residential segregation in the United States today is
a) the result of restrictive state and local laws. |
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c) Puerto Rican/Dominican.
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Hispanic New Yorkers are mostly (65%+)
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c) Chinese
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We think of the border region between the United States and Mexico as being an Anglo-Hispanic meeting point, but one of the largest groups of _____________ in Mexico can be found just outside the city of Mexicali.
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a) gendered.
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When places are “designed” either for women or men they are said to be
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d) graffiti demarcating territories.
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Groups in Northern Ireland and gangs in major U.S. cities create “exclusive” areas by
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b) 3/5
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Prior to the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slaves were counted as ______ (of) a person for representation to the House of Representatives.
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b) tending a home garden
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Which economic activity is not counted in GNP calculations?
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a) 70
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. It is estimated that ___ % of the Sub-Saharan realm’s food is produced by females.
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a) male dominance
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In the Sub-Saharan realm, ________ remains the rule rather than the exception.
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b) a beating or killing of the wife (dowry death).
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In India the breaking of a dowry contract may lead to
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d) 7,000
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In 2001, reports indicated that as many as _____ women may have been victims of dowry deaths.
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c) neighborhood.
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Barrio is the Spanish term for
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c) Hispanic.
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South Central Los Angeles in 1970 was 90% black. No it is split almost evenly between black and
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a) Korean.
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Many small business owners in South Central Los Angeles are
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d) all of the above
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Geographers interested in race, equity, and gender are ultimately interested in
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