Reading : Breaking Up

Question 1

State

Answer 1

Americans : the 50 federal subregions of the United States.
Political Geo: refers to an independent, bound and internationally recognized territory with full sovereignty over the land and people within it ( country )

Question 2

Nation (Latin natio )

Answer 2

Americans : to refer to the whole United States and to Canada
POL Geo : a cultural unit, a group of people with a common ancestry .

Question 3

Homeland

Answer 3

Territorial base. The mother/father land the sacred soil, homelands

Question 4

Regional Autonomy

Answer 4

Nations that lie within a sovereign state but are officially recognized by the state and are granted varying degrees
Ex : Quebec in Canada

Question 5

Nation state

Answer 5

Americans : refers to the whole US and to Canada

Question 6

Ethnonationalism

Answer 6

Strong feeling of belonging to a minority nation that is contained within a state dominated by a more powerful nation

Question 7

Separatism

Answer 7

The desire to break away and form ones own nation

Question 8

Irredentism

Answer 8

Occurs if a nations homeland spills over into another state and the people on the “wrong side “ of the boundary wish to join their territory with the rest of their homeland.