Political Geography

Question 1

Ethnicity

Answer 1

Identifies ones ancestry and cultural background

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

Ones biological background

Question 3

Nation-state

Answer 3

A country whose territory corresponds to that of a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

Question 4

Why have ethnic groups been transformed into nationalities?

Answer 4

Because they want to have self rule

Question 5

Explain the concept of self determination

Answer 5

The concept that ethnic groups have the right to govern themselves

Question 6

Nationalism

Answer 6

Loyalty and devotion to a nationality

Question 7

Centripetal force

Answer 7

An attitude that tends to unify people like nationalism or having the same religion or language

Question 8

Centrifugal

Answer 8

An attitude that divides people

Question 9

Multiethnic

Answer 9

A state that contains more than one ethnicity

Question 10

Multinational

Answer 10

A state that contains two ethnic groups that agree to coexist peacefully

Question 11

Nationality

Answer 11

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a country