Unit 4 Words 1 - 13 Flashcards
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political unit with a permanent population and boundaries that are recognized by other states that allows for the administration of laws, collection of taxes, and provision of defense
state (country)
people who think of themselves as one based on a sense of shared culture and history and who desire political autonomy e.g. Japanese, French, German, Hmong
nation
a state with a single nation (very few exist) e.g. Japan, Iceland, Armenia, Lesotho
nation-state
a nation who do not have their own independent state e.g. Palestinians, Basque, Kurds, Hmong
stateless nation
a state with two or more nations (includes most states) e.g. Germany, France, Mexico, China, U.S., Russia
multi-national state
a nation living across states e.g. Koreans, Kurds, Basque, Russians
multi-state nation
an area which governs itself, but is not an independent country e.g. Greenland, The Azores, Hong Kong, Catalonia and Basque region (Spain)
autonomous region
an area which can govern itself in certain areas, but does not have complete power to govern e.g. Nunavut (Canada), Native American reservations (U.S.)
semi-autonomous region
final authority over a territory and the right to defend territorial integrity against incursion
sovereignty
rule by an autonomous power over a subordinate people and place that creates unequal cultural and economic relations
colonialism
the drive toward creation and expansion of an empire and then once established, its perpetuation e.g. Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, Japan, China, Russia
imperialism
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government
self-determinism
an area that believes that it should be its own country e.g. colonized people against their colonizers
independence movements
