Political Geography Unit Vocabulary Review

Definition: the study of the political organization of the world.

• Border

• Colonialism

• Political Geography

• Boundary

Definition: an invisible line separating two political or geographic areas, especially countries/states.

• Sovereignty

• Boundary

• Nationality

• Border

Definition: a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line between two or more areas, not necessarily countries/states.

• Boundary

• Territory

• Border

• Disputed territory/border

Definition: independence, self-rule, or the authority to govern your own state

• Tribal Sovereignty

• Colony

• Sovereignty

• Colonialism

Definition: Control over a territory by an outside power (a country), occupying another country with settlers, and taking advantage of it economically.

• Sovereignty

• Colony

• Colonialism

• Nationalism

Definition: country or area under full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

• Colony

• Colonialism

• Nation

• Nationalism

These are a characteristic of _____________.

-has a specific territory with defined boundaries

-has a permanent population

-is recognized as a state by other states

-has a sovereign government, with its own laws and clear, geographic boundaries.

• Colony

• State

• Stateless nation

• Nation

Definition: A large population that shares the same culture, language, traditions and history. They often share the same goals and connection to a particular territory.

• Tribal Sovereignty

• Nation

• Nationalism

• Stateless nation

• Nation-state

Which group of people is an example of a stateless nation?

• Hmong

• American

• Korean

• Canadian

Definition: A state whose population has a shared political identity that sees the nation (people) and state (country) as the same.

• Stateless nation

• Nationalism

• Nationality

• Nation-state