UCLA Geography 3
Ethnoburb - correct answer Suburban ethnic clusters of residential areas and business districts in large
metropolitan areas; multiethnic communities, where one ethnic group has a significant concentration but does
not necessarily constitute a majority
"Global" - correct answer a scale for approaching/evaluating/understanding social and environmental issues; a
way of imagining the world and our relation to it, and these imaginings have implications for how we perceive
social and environmental issues
"global processes" - correct answer processes that take place on a larger scale than the local, national, or
regional and that involve connections among people and places across the planet
"environmental injustice" - correct answer the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on poor
people, marginalized groups, and people of color
"environmental racism" - correct answer the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of
color
"structural racism/injustice" - correct answer "institutional" or "systemic" racism/injustice: a system of social
structures that produces cumulative, durable, (often class and race-based) inequalities
"environmental justice" - correct answer achieving equity and a fair sharing of environmental burdens and
benefits
"environmental shadows" - correct answer dark areas cast by the production of items that we use everyday
and that often remain hidden from light. we can find them in the disposal, use , and production of these
products
, Superfund Site - correct answer an uncontrolled or abandoned place where hazardous waste is located,
possibly affecting local ecosystems or people
"Silicon Curtain" - correct answer (Pellow and Park)
the sheen, the sleek outer shell, of the technology industry; an image created for mass consumption by public
relations firms and the mainstream media
"politics of 'nature'" - correct answer what is at stake--what stands to be gained or lost, and by whom--in how
we define "nature"
The social construction of "nature" - correct answer The world has been shaped by long histories of
interactions involving humans, other creatures, etc.; our definition of nature is shaped by culture and relations
of power
"socially constructed" - correct answer the product of human choices, beliefs, and actions
"epistemes" - correct answer ways of thinking about the world that come to dominate in a particular period
"fortress conservation" - correct answer the idea that conservation of nature is created and enforced through
military force
"spatial enclaving" - correct answer setting aside a distinct, enclosed area for a particular purpose; Discussed in
the context of dominant nature conservation practices
relational approach to nature - correct answer Approaching "nature" as something that comes to be known
"relationally", that is through relationships or interactions between "human" and "non-human" forces and
beings
Ward v. Racehorse - correct answer Nullified part of Ford Bridger Treaty, which had given Native Americans
permission to still hunt on unoccupied US lands when they moved to reservations. From Spence
Ethnoburb - correct answer Suburban ethnic clusters of residential areas and business districts in large
metropolitan areas; multiethnic communities, where one ethnic group has a significant concentration but does
not necessarily constitute a majority
"Global" - correct answer a scale for approaching/evaluating/understanding social and environmental issues; a
way of imagining the world and our relation to it, and these imaginings have implications for how we perceive
social and environmental issues
"global processes" - correct answer processes that take place on a larger scale than the local, national, or
regional and that involve connections among people and places across the planet
"environmental injustice" - correct answer the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on poor
people, marginalized groups, and people of color
"environmental racism" - correct answer the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of
color
"structural racism/injustice" - correct answer "institutional" or "systemic" racism/injustice: a system of social
structures that produces cumulative, durable, (often class and race-based) inequalities
"environmental justice" - correct answer achieving equity and a fair sharing of environmental burdens and
benefits
"environmental shadows" - correct answer dark areas cast by the production of items that we use everyday
and that often remain hidden from light. we can find them in the disposal, use , and production of these
products
, Superfund Site - correct answer an uncontrolled or abandoned place where hazardous waste is located,
possibly affecting local ecosystems or people
"Silicon Curtain" - correct answer (Pellow and Park)
the sheen, the sleek outer shell, of the technology industry; an image created for mass consumption by public
relations firms and the mainstream media
"politics of 'nature'" - correct answer what is at stake--what stands to be gained or lost, and by whom--in how
we define "nature"
The social construction of "nature" - correct answer The world has been shaped by long histories of
interactions involving humans, other creatures, etc.; our definition of nature is shaped by culture and relations
of power
"socially constructed" - correct answer the product of human choices, beliefs, and actions
"epistemes" - correct answer ways of thinking about the world that come to dominate in a particular period
"fortress conservation" - correct answer the idea that conservation of nature is created and enforced through
military force
"spatial enclaving" - correct answer setting aside a distinct, enclosed area for a particular purpose; Discussed in
the context of dominant nature conservation practices
relational approach to nature - correct answer Approaching "nature" as something that comes to be known
"relationally", that is through relationships or interactions between "human" and "non-human" forces and
beings
Ward v. Racehorse - correct answer Nullified part of Ford Bridger Treaty, which had given Native Americans
permission to still hunt on unoccupied US lands when they moved to reservations. From Spence
