Unit 5: Week 1-2 Terms

Front

Largest political unit and formal term for a country

Back

State

Front

What term is defined as a group of people who have certain things in common?

Back

Nation

Front

What term is defined as a singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state? Examples: Iceland and Japan

Back

Nation-State

Front

What term is a defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-governance and freedom from its parent state? Example: Navajo Nation in the U.S.

Back

Autonomous Region

Front

What term is defined as cultural groups that have no independent political entity? Examples: Palestinians and the Kurds

Back

Stateless Nation

Front

What type of boundary is drawn by outside powers?

Back

Superimposed boundary

Front

What type of boundary is drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic, linguistic, or economic differences?

Back

Subsequent (Ethnographic) boundary

Front

What type of boundary no longer exists, but there is evidence of its existence on the landscape?

Back

Relic boundary

Front

What term is defined as a region that suffers instability because it is located between two very different regions?

Back

Shatterbelt

Front

Choke Point

Back

A strategic strait or canal which could be closed or blocked to stop sea traffic.