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What is a state?

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A country that has a government, that controls what comes in and out of it, has defined borders, has a sovereign government, and is recognized.

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nation

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a culturally defined group of people that share the same beliefs, language, history, religion, and region; ethinic group

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nation-state

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a state dominated by a relatively homogeneous culture group; one nation within one state

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territoriality

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a fundamental aspect of human behavior and refers to the need to lay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we own

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sovereignty

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a government free from external control

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Peace of Westphalia

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created modern states

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mercantilism

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general sense associated with the promotion of commercialism trade

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multinational state

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state with more than one nation

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multistate nation

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nation across multiple state borders

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stateless nation

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an oppressed nation with no rights in multiple state borders