Geography Exam 3 Review

An independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.

The ability to carry out actions or policies within a territory independently from external actors or internal riots.

Territorial state embodied by its culturally distinctive population.

A people with a single language, a common history, and a similar background.

Voluntary association in economic, political, or cultural spheres of three or more independent states willing to yield some measure of sovereignty for their mutual benefit.

Shared values, race, religion, and language can all comprise ______ _____.

European boundary ends and Russia begins. Ural Mountains are used sometimes as a boundary.

Invention of steam engine led to a massive increase in production. Diffused eastward from Britain to the European mainland to Russia. Workers lived and worked in unhealthy and dangerous conditions.

Forces that threaten national unity by dividing a state. 

Forces that unify those within a country.