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Acculturation
Change that results when one culture group or individual adopts traits of dominant or host society.
Adaptation
genetic modification making a population more fit for existence under specific environmental conditions.
amalgamation theory
In ethnic geography, the concept of multi-ethnic societies becomes a merger of the culture traits of their member groups.
assimilation
A behavioral or structural process by which a minority pop reduces or loses completely its identifying characteristics and blends.
behavioral (cultural) assimilation
The process of integration into a common cultural life through acquisition of the attitudes and experiences of other groups.
chain migration
Migration movements from the common home area to a specific destination through links of friendship or kinship first movers and late movers.
charter group
In plural societies, early arriving ethnic group created first effective settlement and establish culture norms.
cluster migration
A pattern of movement and settlement resulting from the collective action of a distinctive social or ethnic group.
colony
urban ethnic area serving as point of entry and acculturation zone for immigrant group.
culture rebound
Re-adoption by later generations of culture traits
gene flow
The transfer of genes of one breeding population into the gene pool of another through interbreeding.
genetic drift
A chance modification of gene composition from an isolated population through interbreeding.
host society
The established and dominant society within which immigrant groups seek accommodation.
natural selection
The process resulting in the reproductive success of individuals or groups adapted to their environment.
race
Human pop whose members share certain characteristics.
segregation
A measure of the degree to which members of a minority group are not uniformly distributed among the total population.
social distance
Perceived degree of separation between ind, ethnic groups, neighborhoods. voluntary or enforced segregation.
structural assimilation
distribution of immigrant ethnic groups among host society without full behavioral assimilation.
tipping point
The degree of neighborhood racial or ethnic mixing that induces the former majority group to move out rapidly.
first effective settlement
The influence that the characteristics of an early dominant settlement group exert on on later cultural geo