AP Human Geography Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes

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A state that contains two or more cultural groups or different nations of people with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities. Examples: Great Britain, Canada, Russia, Belgium, Bosnia.

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multinational state

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A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics, such as language and ethnicity, or shared history.

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nation

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied, predominantly by a particular nation of people. Examples: Japan, France, Germany, Israel

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nation-state

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People with a shared culture and spread over several states, may need or want a nation at some point. Examples: The Jewish people, Koreans, Germans (as a people)

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multistate nation

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An ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state. Examples: The Kurds, Palestinians, Catalans and Basque?

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stateless nation

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Area where a group has some type of political autonomy. These regions have a degree of power and self-determination, but not fully like the autonomous regions. Examples: Native American Reservations, Hong Kong, Basque & Catalonia, Kurdistan.

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semi-autonomous region

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An area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority. Examples: Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat, owned by Denmark), Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), Gaza Strip and West Bank (Israel / Palestine)

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autonomous region

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An independent state with the ability to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states. Examples: All 193 members of the United Nations, The U.S., Mexico, Philippines

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sovereignty

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Political independence or the ability of a government to determine their own course, of their own free will. Sovereignty. A government free from external control. State. Examples: The desire for a larger Serb state that led to WWI. Decolonization of Africa. Catalonia. Kurdistan. South Sudan. Barbs

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self determination

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An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principle in another country. Similar to imperialism. Examples: Scramble for Africa, British Empire, French Indochina.

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colonialism