Unit 1: Political Geography

State that has freedom over its own affairs has 

• centrifugal forces
• nationalism
• sovereignty
• pluralism

A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a cohesive group is a called a ___.

• Nation State
• Nation
• Country
• Sovereign State

A country with two or more ethnic groups living within in it is referred to as a ___.

• Nation State
• Balkan State
• National State
• Multinational State

A nation is defined as...

• a group with a shared culture inside a land area

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

• land where a cultural group also has sovereignty over its territory

• absolute control of a territory by a government

What does the shaded area of this map show?

• Nation-state

• Stateless nation

• State

• Country

Answer explanation

Because the Kurds are an ethnic group that lives in a specific area (nation) but does not have political sovereignty over that territory (state), they are a stateless nation.

What is the term for a sovereign territory with distinct borders?

• Nation

• State

• Stateless Nation

• Nation-state

What is the term for land where a nation and state are within the same sovereign territory?

• Nation-state

• Stateless nation

• State

• Nation

What is an area with defined borders, a government and recognized as a state by other states

• State

• Nation

A _________________________ contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination.

• nation-state

• state

• multinational state

• trinational state

When a state has __________________, it means it had control over its internal affairs without interference from other states. It is independent.

• self-determination

• sovereignty

• immunity

• diplomacy