AP Human Geography Unit 4 Vocab

Nation

• A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

• synonymous with country

• a people who share a common heritage, are unified by shared values and heritage, and typically claim a specific location as their homeland based on tradition

• cultural groups that have no independent political entity

Balkanization

• A small geographic area that could not be organized in to a larger state due to conflicting ethnicities. Ex. Yugoslavia in to several new nations.

• a people who share a common heritage, are unified by shared values and heritage, and typically claim a specific location as their homeland based on tradition

• A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state

• cultural groups that have no independent political entity

State

• A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

• synonymous with country

• a country that contains more than one nation

• a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states

Nation-state

• a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states

• A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

• synonymous with country

• a people who share a common heritage, are unified by shared values and heritage, and typically claim a specific location as their homeland based on tradition

Multinational state

• A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

• a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states

• a country that contains more than one nation

• cultural groups that have no independent political entity

Stateless nation

• A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

• a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states

• a country that contains more than one nation

• cultural groups that have no independent political entity

multistate nations

• A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

• a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states

• a country that contains more than one nation

• cultural groups that have no independent political entity

Autonomous region

• the process in which power moves from the central government to subnational units

• Authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states

• A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state

• control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society

nationalism

• the position that a state should be annexed because of ethnicity of prior historical possession.

• control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society

• A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

• Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

colonialism

• the position that a state should be annexed because of ethnicity of prior historical possession.

• control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society

• A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

• Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.