4 APHuG: Political Geography

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ethnonationalism

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loyalty to a particular ethnic or racial group rather than to a nation

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sovereignty

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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states

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Nation-state

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation

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Unitary state

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a state where laws are administered uniformly by one central government.

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frontier

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A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control

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redistricting

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Redrawing of political boundaries

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city-state

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A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

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Choke point

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geographic locations where the flow of people and goods can be constricted and choked off in the event of a conflict

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Stateless nation

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A nation of people without a state that it considers home

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nation

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A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics such as language and ethnicity or by shared territory