AP Human Geography Unit 4 Vocabulary

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the largest political unit, also known as a country. Has to have a defined boundary, contain a permanent population, and maintain sovereignty

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State

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the power of a political unit, or government, to rule over its own affairs

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Sovereignty

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a group of people who have certain things in common; cultural heritage, a set of beliefs and values that unify them, a traditional claim to a particular space as their homeland, and a desire to establish their own state or express self-rule in another way.

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Nation

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a nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state.

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Nation-State

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a country that contains more than one nation

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Multinational 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 state that has a degree of, but not complete self-rule

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Semi Autonomous region

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a cultural group that has no independent political entity

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Stateless nation

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occurs when a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states.

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Multi State nation

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a nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own

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Nationalism