Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

State

Answer 1

also known as a country; an independent political unit with a centralized authority that makes claim to sole legal, political, and economic jurisdiction over a region with defined boundaries.

Question 2

Nation

Answer 2

A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits such as language, ethnicity, and religion.

Question 3

Nation-state

Answer 3

The ideal political geographical unit; one in which the nation’s geographic boundaries (a people and its culture) exactly match the state’s territorial boundaries (governance and authority)

Question 4

Stateless nation

Answer 4

An ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority of the population in any nation-state.

Question 5

Multinational state

Answer 5

A country containing multiple national, ethnic, and religious groups within its boundaries.

Question 6

Multi-state nation

Answer 6

Ethic group territorially divided by one or more international boundaries.

Question 7

Autonomous region

Answer 7

A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-governance, or autonomy, in its decision making.

Question 8

Semi-autonomous region

Answer 8

A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has some degree of, but not complete, self-government.