ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC GEOGRAPHY KNOW apartheid multinational state balkanization nationalism blockbusting nationality centripetal force nation-state centrifugal force part nation state ethnicity race ethnic cleansing racism multi-ethnic state self-determination BE ABLE TO describe the distribution of major ethnicities within the US: identify states/regions in which they are clustered regions in which they are mostly absent provide reasons for the present distribution give and describe examples of ethnic conflicts in at least 3 different regions. discuss the roles, both positive and negative, of nationalism in a state. define and give examples of part-nation states, multinational states, and stateless nations. READING ASSIGNMENTS 1. Rubenstein, Chapter 7: Ethnicity 2. Kuby, Chapter 13: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Nations, States, and Nation-States 3. FOCUS, Reading 6: Germanic Towns in Southern Brazil: Ethnicity and Change