Political Geography Part 1

Question 1

Nation

Answer 1

A politically organized territory with a permanent population, defined territory government

Question 2

State

Answer 2

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that had control over its internal and foreign affairs

Question 3

Nation state

Answer 3

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

Question 4

Stateless nation

Answer 4

An ethnic minority that does not posses their own state and isn’t the majority population in any nation state

Question 5

Multinational state

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Multistate nation

Answer 6

A nation that stretches across boundaries and states

Question 7

Balkanization

Answer 7

A process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities

Question 8

Territoriality

Answer 8

The attempt by an individual or group to affect, influence, or control people, phenomena, and relationships by delimiting asserting control over a geographic are