APHG Unit 4

Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities

• core-periphery

• democratization

• balkanization

• devolution

State that contains more than one nation (usually no one single dominant ethnic group)

• nation-state

• state

• multinational state

• fragmentation

invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory

• irridentism

• boundary

• territoriality

• terrorism

An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state

• centripetal force

• centrifugal force

• irredentism

• devolution

a force that divides people and countries

• centripetal force

• centrifugal force

• enclave

• imperialism

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

• European Union

• nationalism

• Rimland Theory

• Cold War

a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

• federal system

• gerrymandering

• colonies

• balkanization

A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly

• compact state

• elongated state

• fragmented state

• prorupted or protruded state

the boundaries between states are set by ethical differences, especially those based on language and/or religion. Also called Cultural Boundaries.

• ethnic force

• physical boundaries

• consequent boundaries

• democratization

the portion of a country that contains its economic, political, intellectual, and cultural focus.

• frontier

• core area

• enclave

• exclave