Chapter 8 Political Vocab Flashcards
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
Sovereignty
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
State
A state that encompasses a very small land area
Microstate
The most important global organization created after WWII that provides a forum for the discussion of international problems
United Nations
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside
City- state
A group of people united by common decent, history, culture, or language in a particular country or territory
Nation
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
Nation- state
A group of people that is not the majority population in a nation- state
Stateless nation
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
Self- determination
A state that consists of more than one ethnicity
Multiethnic state
A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self- determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities
Multinational state
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
Colony
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
Colonialism
Control of a territory already occupied by an indigenous population
Imperialism
An invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory
Boundary
