State Terminology

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An area organized into a political unit, with defined boundaries, and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs; a country

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State

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A group of people who have certain things in common: cultural heritage, beliefs and values, claim to a particular space as their homeland, desire to establish their own state or express self-determination (a cultural unit)

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Nation

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Identity/connection with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there

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Nationality

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A country that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities

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Multinational State

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A country that contains more than one ethnicity

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Multiethnic State

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A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state

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Autonomous Region

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A cultural group that has a national identity but no state of its own - ex: Kurds

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Stateless Nation

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A nation with a state of its own that also stretches across borders into other states

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Multistate Nation

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States are said to have freedom from outside control of their internal affairs, meaning no other state can interfere... this is called:

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Sovereignty

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A country that encompasses a very small land area

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Microstate