Political Geography Terms

Political Geography Terms

Assessment

Flashcard

Social Studies

9th Grade

Easy

Created by

Amy Botts

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

Student preview

quiz-placeholder

27 questions

Show all answers

1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

nation

Back

A group with a shared culture inside a land area (example: Cherokee Nation)

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

state

Back

Sovereign territory with distinct borders (Example: Canada, Mexico)

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

sovereignty

Back

Supreme power or authority; the right for a state to govern itself (example: United States)

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Political Sovereignty

Back

Absolute control of a state by a government, everything within the boundary is under state control (Example: Russia)

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

nation-state

Back

Land where a nation and state are within the same sovereign territory (example: Japan)

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Ethnic Sovereignty

Back

Control for an ethnic group inside a functioning sovereign state; a group's right to self-govern based on their shared culture (Example: Kurdistan)

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

compact state

Back

A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly (example: Kenya, Switzerland)

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Already have an account?