week 15 Flashcards
independence from control of its internal affairs by other states
sovereignty
an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
state
states with very small land areas
micro states
the UN membership increased rapidly on these three occasions
1955
1960
1990-1993
the UN is playing an important role in trying to separate warring groups Ina number of regions especially in…
Eastern Europe, central and sw Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa
_, _, _, _, _ can veto a peace keeping operation
China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US
a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding country side
city-state
a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity
nation-state
the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
self-determination
development of states can be traced to the ancient middle east
fertile crescent
