Unit 7 Key Words

Question 0

Define

State

Answer 0

Nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government

Question 1

Define

Political geography

Answer 1

Branch of government that deals with boundaries, division, and possessions of countries

Question 2

Define

Territory

Answer 2

The land that a ruler rules over

Question 3

Define

Territoriality

Answer 3

Patterns of behavior associated with the defense of a territory

Question 4

Define

Sovereignty

Answer 4

Supreme power over a government

Question 5

Define

Mercantilism

Answer 5

Trade/sale of goods and products for money or other goods

Question 6

Define

Peace of Westphalia

Answer 6

Treaty developed in Europe that brought an end to the eighty years war

Question 7

Define

Nation

Answer 7

Large population of people united by common decent, history,culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory

Question 8

Define

Nation-state

Answer 8

A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects share a homogeneous feeling of common nationality

Question 9

Define

Democracy

Answer 9

A form of centralized government that either allows people to vote for whom will represent them or gives them the opportunity to vote/decide for themselves

Question 10

Define

Multinational state

Answer 10

A country with two or more nationalities within its borders

Question 11

Define

Multistate nation

Answer 11

A nation that transcends the borders of two or more states

Question 12

Define

Stateless nation

Answer 12

A nationality without its own state

Question 13

Define

Centripetal forces

Answer 13

A force that brings people together into a certain place

Question 14

Define

Centrifugal forces

Answer 14

Something that drives people away from a certain place

Question 15

Define

Unitary government

Answer 15

A government that is not split up I to several branches/sections

Question 16

Define

Federal government

Answer 16

A government that is split up into several branches with specific aspects of power

Question 17

Define

Devolution

Answer 17

Granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to a sub national level such as regional, local, or state level

Question 18

Define

Geopolitics

Answer 18

Explains how people and power are distributed through the territories/geography of the world

Question 19

Define

Supranational organization

Answer 19

Multiple nations unified to promote the common welfare of the people; but in order to join you must give up some of your power