AP Human Geography - Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes

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What is a 'Nation'?

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A group of people that share a common cultural heritage, a claim to a homeland, and a desire to establish their own state or express self-rule

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What is a 'Multinational State'?

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A state that has more than one nation within its borders; tends to have one politically and/or culturally dominant nation.

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What is a 'Nation-State'?

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A state where a singular ethnic or cultural group constitutes MOST of its permanent population; the borders of a state aligns with the borders of the nation.

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What is a 'Stateless Nation'?

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A nation without a state of their own; located within one or multiple states; MAY have their own political organization, though unlikely.

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What is a 'Multistate Nation'?

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A nation that possesses a state of its own but stretches over the borders of other states.

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What is an 'Autonomous Region'?

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A region within a state that is granted a HIGH degree of self-governing and freedom from its parent state; authority is given to geographically, ethnically, or culturally distinct areas.

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What is the 'authority of a state to govern itself or another state'? It is the action rather than the process.

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Sovereignty

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What is 'Autonomy' in terms of APHUG?

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The freedom to decide what government you are ruled by without an outside force; A right of self-government

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What is it called when a country 'determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government'? It is the process rather than the action.

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Self-Determination

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What is it called when a country is 'willing to influence others or shape events by asserting control over a space'? It is the practice of sovereignty.

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Territoriality