The word ______, which is used primarily today to refer to ethnic or racial neighborhoods of urban poverty, originally referred to an area in Venice, Italy, where Jews were segregated and required to live in the 1500s.

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The term "ghetto" originally referred to the Jewish Quarter in Venice, Italy, established in 1516, where Jews were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic. Over time, the term evolved to describe similar areas of forced segregation and has since been used more broadly to denote urban neighborhoods of poverty, often with implications of racial or ethnic concentration.

The Word ______, Which Is Used Primarily Today to Refer