Unit 4 Study Guide

a cultural unit, common ancestry occupying a particular territory 

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• State-less Nation

A state in which the cultural borders of a nation correspond with the state borders of a country

(Territory matches culture)

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• Multistate Nation

A nation of people without a state that it considers home

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• State-less Nation

A state that contains more than one nation, and no single ethnic group dominates the population

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• MultiState Nation

Nation stretches across borders and across states

People share a common characteristic and live in multiple states.

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• MultiState Nation

-sections of a nation that have a degree of independence in several issues.

-control over certain affairs, makes own decisions

• Autonomous Region

• Semi-Autonomous Region

• Sovereignty

• Self-determination

the political authority of a state to govern itself  

• Sovereignty

• Self-determination

• Independence Movement

• Imperialism

a country whose political boundaries correspond with its cultural  boundaries.

• Nation-states

• Multinational State

• Stateless Nation

• Nation

the process by which a group of people, usually possessing a certain degree of national consciousness, form their own state and choose their own government

• Sovereignty

• Self-determination

• Independence Movement

• Imperialism

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another  country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Devolution

• Independence movement