Lesson 6 Terms

Question 1

What is a State?

Answer 1

Large, diverse populations, defined geographic territory (borders) with high degrees of social stratification/ specialization, intensive agriculture, industrial subsistence, trade, and complex economies

Question 2

Where is the Power in a State?

Answer 2

Political power is centralized in a government that has a monopoly over the legitimate use of force

Question 3

What is the Authority and Legitimacy in a State?

Answer 3

Authority is based on culturally accepted institutions with heads of state and supporting positions and the legitimacy comes from the elites’ power (religion, elections, cultural values)

Question 4

What is a Hegemony?

Answer 4

A dominant idea/ideology that shapes how people think

Question 5

Why is warfare widespread?

Answer 5

Warfare has led to the acquisition of resources by taking control of adjacent populations and used to expand, defend, redefine territories and leadership

Question 6

What society is usually unstable?

Answer 6

states/stratified societies

Question 7

What is the difference between States and Nations?

Answer 7

A state is a coercive political institution and a nation is a group connected by language, territorial base, history, and political organization.