Types of Nations

Define a NATION

• a country that contains more than 1 nation

• a group of people that share certain characteristics such as homeland, language or values

• a defined area within a state that has a high degree of freedom

• a homogeneous group of people that fulfill the qualifications of a state

Define a NATION-STATE

• a country that contains more than 1 nation

• a group of people that share certain characteristics such as homeland, language or values

• a defined area within a state that has a high degree of freedom

• a homogeneous group of people that fulfill the qualifications of a state

Define an AUTONOMOUS REGION

• a country that contains more than 1 nation

• a group of people that share certain characteristics such as homeland, language or values

• a defined area within a state that has a high degree of freedom

• a homogeneous group of people that fulfill the qualifications of a state

Define a MULTINATIONAL STATE

• a country that contains more than 1 nation

• a group of people that share certain characteristics such as homeland, language or values

• a defined area within a state that has a high degree of freedom

• a homogeneous group of people that fulfill the qualifications of a state

Identify the example of a nation state

• Native American Reservations

• Canada

• Japan

• The USA

Identify a multinational state

• Sweden

• France

• China

• Canada

Identify the examples of a stateless nation

• The Inuit in Canada

• The Palestinians

• The Israelis

• The Kurdish

Identify the examples of an autonomous region

• Hong Kong

• Aland

• Northern Ireland

• Ireland

A multistate nation occurs when a nation has a ___ of its own but stretches across the ___ of other states

• population, roads

• borders, oceans

• state, borders

Nationalism is

• a nation's desire to become an imperial power

• a nation's desire to create & maintain a state of its own

• a nation's desire for wealth

• a nation's desire to avoid war and prosper