Geopolitical Terms

Studies the relationship between territory, people, and the government.

• Geopolitics

• Political Geography

• Nation-State

• Economics

A study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state

• Geopolitics

• Political Geography

• Nation-State

• Economics

Which level of government is: a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. (State means country), like the U.S. or France

• International

• State

• Provincial

• Local

Which level of government is: a sub-division of government, which shares political, fiscal and economic powers with a central government. (like Colorado, or British Columbia)

• International

• State

• Provincial

• Local

Which level of government is: existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations like the United Nations

• International

• State

• Provincial

• Local

Which level of government is: the administration of a particular town, county, or district (like Westminster City)

• International

• State

• Provincial

• Local

an independent political entity with clear geographic boundaries

• Nation

• State

• Nation-state

a group of people who feel that they belong together (often they share a language, a culture, a common ancestry, and a common history)

• Nation

• State

• Nation-state

a country where the vast majority of people feel like they belong together with the other people within the country’s borders

• Nation

• State

• Nation-state

when an ethnic group is a predominant group across multiple states

• Stateless Nation

• Multinational States

• Multistate Nations