AP 4.2 MC

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A state’s authority to control its territory and govern itself.

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Sovereignty

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The territory occupied by a particular nation of people is the same as the recognized political boundary of that state.

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Nation - State

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The right of all people to govern themselves. Usually a nation, ethnicity, or former colony wants to govern themselves and establish sovereignty over their own state. Oftentimes may result in independence movements or devolution.

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Self- Determination

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Due to centrifugal forces, power is shifted from the central government or administration to regional authorities which are usually reflective of nations.

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Devolution

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Is the identity with a group with legal/personal attachment to a country?

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nationality

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a force that divides people and countries

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centrifugal force

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a force that helps to unify people within a country

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centripetal force

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broad concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance

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imperialism

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particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country

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colonialism

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the action or process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent.

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decolonization