10. Asian Americans in the US Highest % of Asian Ameri.: in Hawaii & California.
11. Native Americans in the U.S. The highest % of Native Americans are in parts of the plains, the SW, & Alaska.
12. Ethnicities in Chicago: OLDER Data Afr. Americans, Hisp. Americans, Asian Americans, & Euro. Americans are clustered in different areas of the city.
13. Ethnicities in Chicago: Newer data African Amer., Hispanic (Latin) Amer., Asian Amer., & European Americans are clustered in different areas of the Notice: Less other ethnic areas left as divisions.
14. Ethnicities in Los Angeles Hispanic, white, African Amer., & Asian areas in & around LA.
16. British triangular slave trading system operated among Britain, Africa, & the Caribbean & N. America.
17. Slavery Source Areas: Europeans: Slaves mainly from the Western coast of Africa. Arabs & others: Also obtained slaves from Eastern Africa.
18. African American Migration in the US 1910-20’s & 1940-50’s 20 th century Great African American Migration w/in U.S. consisted mainly of migration from the rural S. to NE cities, Midwest, & West.
28. Black “Homelands” in South Africa During the apartheid era , South Africa created a series of black “homelands” w/ the expectation that every black would be a citizen of one of them. These were abolished w/ the end of apartheid.
37. Republics of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union (USSR) consisted of 15 republics that included the country’s largest ethnic groups. These all became independent countries in the early 1990s.
38. Ethnic Groups in Russia : Russia officially recognizes 39 ethnic groups (nationalities); concentrated in western & southern regions.
39. Russian Soldiers in Chechnya The Russian army has occupied & destroyed much of Chechnya in suppressing Chechen rebel groups.
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41. Ethnic Division of South Asia 1947 Brit. India gained independence & was divided into India & E/W Pakistan, resulting in the migration of 17 million ppl & many killings. In 1971, after a brutal civil war, E. Pak. became Bangladesh
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43. Jammu & Kashmir Although its population is mainly Muslim, much of Jammu & Kashmir became part of India in 1947. India & Pakistan fought 2 wars over it, & there has been a separatist insurgency in the area.
44. Ethnicities in the Caucasus The Caucasus region is extremely diverse ethnically. Ethnic groups are spread across several national boundaries.
45. Kurdish Refugees from Iraq, 1991 Many Kurds fled Iraq after the 1991 Persian Gulf War when Saddam Hussein’s armed forces attacked Kurdish regions in northern Iraq.
46. Ethnicity in the Horn of Africa There have been numerous Interethnic civil conflicts in the Countries of the Horn of Africa (including the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, & Somalia).
47. Ethnicities in Lebanon Christian, Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, & Druze are dominant in different areas of the country.
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49. Sinhalese &Tamils in Sri Lanka Sinhalese are mainly Buddhist & speak an Indo-European language, while the Tamils are mainly Hindu & speak a Dravidian language.
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51. Forced Migrations after WW II Territorial changes after World War II resulted in many migrations, especially by Poles, Germans, & Russians.
58. Ethnicities in Africa The boundaries of African states do not ( and cannot ) coincide with the thousands of ethnic groups on the continent.
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66. Languages in SE Europe Some new states created, & boundaries were shifted after WWI & WWII. New state boundaries often coincided w/ language areas.
67. The Balkans in 1914 The northern part of the Balkans was part of Austria- Hungary in 1914, while Much of the south was part of the Ottoman Empire. The country of Yugoslavia was created after WWI.
68. Ethnic Regions in Yugoslavia: The Troubled Balkan Region Yugoslavia’s 6 republics til 1992 included much ethnic diversity. Brutal ethnic cleansing occurred in Bosnia, Croatia, & Kosovo during the civil wars of the 1990s.
69. Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo: Aerial photos helped document the stages of ethnic cleansing in W Kosovo in 1999.
