Unit 4 ap hum Flashcards
What is a state requriements
a politically organized territory with a permanent pouplation a defined terrtory and a goverment and reconngnized as such by other states.
Has to do with land
state meaning
a politically organized territory recognized as such by other states
what is a nation requirements
a culturally defined group of people with a shared past and a common future who relate to a territory and have the right to rule
Has to do with the people
national state
a poltically defined terrtory organized as a state by other states with 1 cultually defined group with the right to rule.
Very rare . Japan and france are exampes
nation meaning
a culturllay defined group of people with the right to rule
stateless nation
a culturally defined group of people without land or the right to rule themselves.
Ex, Kurds, basks, Palestinians
Mulitistate nation
a culturally defined group of people who what the right to rule spread over multiple politcally defined territories.
Ex. the kurds as they are spread over many differnt countires
Kurds example
When U.S invaded Iraq they kicked out Kurds, no they are our alllies iin fighting ISSIS. However the Kurds are spread over militple countires. So they are an exmaple for both stateless nation and multistate nation.
Multinational state
A politically defined territoy with more then one culturally defined group of people.
EX U.S
Multiethnic states
politically defined teriotry that have multiple ethnic groups but do no want the right the rule. Ex the U.S
Territoriality
this i my border you cant mess with it
Sovereignty
haveing the last say over a terriotry leagally. Meaing that no ther county has legal say over what we do in our country
Territorial inegtity
the right of the govermnt to keep the borders and territory of a state intact and free from attack
Border
a vertial plant that goes up into the air and down into the gorund. In the ari so that on one can mess with the our airspace and down into the gorund so that no one can steal naturl resouces from us.
4 stages to establising a border
Define : write out the border in a treaty
Delimit : To draw the border on a maap
Demarcate : to mark it on te land by a sign, wall, or any physical features that are already there.
Aministrate : to operate the border
Geometric border
Are formed by arcs or stright line, with not respective to cultural or physical features. Does this using latitude and logitude lines.
Physical and political border
boundary that has a physical feature separting two coutnires
Antecedent
a pre-exsiting border commly corresponds to a physical feature. The border exsited before the people. EX. The rio grande exsisted before Mexico and the U.S . Usally falls under physical political
Sbsequent boundry
A subsequent boundary is established after the area in question has been settled and that reflects the cultural characteristics of the bounded area.
Superimposed boundry
Boundray is imposed by an outside force. May not reflect existing cultural landscape. Ex Africa in the more superimposed due to early times when europes just drew lines
Relic boundry
No longer a boundary, often the outcome of politics changess. Still a visible import on the landscape. Like the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin. The Great Wall of china, not actually a boundary but can be seen.
Consequent boundry
A border that is divided by physical features or space and acts as a natural divide between 2 or more different cultural groups . A border that is created when a ethnic groups are is broken up. North and South Sudan,
Definitional boundary dispute
dispute over the wording in the treaty. Summit of the mountains between Britain and Russia. The summit is vague does it follow a straight line or does somthing else
Locational boundary dispute
rely on a physical boundoundry and it changes over time.
