4.1-4.4 Flashcards
A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self government and freedom from its parent state
Autonomous region
A country that contains more than one nation
Multinational state
When a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states
Multistate nation
A group of people who have certain things in common
ex.common heritage,beliefs,homelands
Nation
A nation full of people who fulfill the qualifications for a state
ex. Iceland, Japan
Nation-state
A state that has a degree but not complete self rule
Semi autonomous region
The power of a political unit or government, to rule over its own affairs
Sovereignty
The largest political unit, the formal term for a country
State
A cultural group that has no independent political entity
Stateless nation
Also called the Congo conference, uses claims to form state boundary’s in Africa
Berlin Confrence
Forces that divide people
Centrifugal forces
Forces that help unify people within a country
Centripetal force
A type of imperialism in which people move and settle on the land of another country
Colonialism
A period of diplomatic,political, and military rivalry between the US and the union of Soviet Socialist(USSR/old Russia)
Cold war
The undoing of colonization, in which indigenous people reclaim sovereignty over their territory
Decolonization
The process in which one or more regions are given increased autonomy by the central political unit
Devolution
A broader concept that includes a variety of ways of influence over another country or group of people by conquest
Imperialism
A nations desire to create and maintain a state of its own
Nationalism
Organized mass killing, in which people are targeted because of their race,religion,ethnicity, or nationality
Genocide
The study of the effects of geography on politics and relationships among states
Geopolitics
The right to chose your own sovereign government without external influence
Self-determination
A state dominated by another politically and economically
Satellite states
The willingness by a person or a group of people to defend a space they claim
Territoriality
In this system economic,political, or even cultural control is indirectly exerted over developing countries
Neocolonialism
