Unit Seven Vocabulary: Pollitical Geography

Acts on its own

• auto-

• -ism

A belief, practice, or system.

• auto-

• -ism

Match the definition with the term.

• United Nations

• A group of 27 European countries working together to make trading easier and to solve common problems.

• NATO

• Strong pride in and loyalty to your country, sometimes with the belief that it is better than others.

• European Union

• A team of 30 countries that promise to help each other out if any of them are attacked.

• Congress

• An organization where countries try to talk out their problems and help each other with issues like peace and hunger.

• Nationalism

• Elected representatives who make laws at the national level.

Match the definition with the term.

• Interdependence

• To get involved in a situation to help or change what is happening.

• Autonomy

• To spend money, time, or effort now to get a benefit later.

• Ethnicity

• The ability to make decisions independently or govern oneself.

• Invest

• A group of people who share a common culture, language, or heritage.

• Intervene

• When people or groups rely on each other to meet needs or goals.

In places like Hong Kong, people fought for​ (a)   to make their own laws and decisions, separate from mainland China.

• autonomy
• interdependence
• ethnicity
• intervene
• invest

When you reach the age of 18, you gain more ​ (a)   over your life decisions, like where to live and what career to pursue.

• interdependence
• ethnicity
• intervene
• invest
• autonomy

​ (a)   is often linked to language and cultural traditions, such as the various ethnic groups in Mexico, like the Maya and Aztecs, who have distinct customs.

• Interdependence
• Intervene
• Invest
• Ethnicity
• Autonomy

A person’s​ (a)   often shapes their family traditions, food, and the way they celebrate holidays.

• interdependence
• intervene
• invest
• autonomy
• ethnicity

​ (a)   in society means that individuals rely on services, such as healthcare, transportation, and education, that others provide.

• Ethnicity
• Intervene
• Invest
• Autonomy
• Interdependence

In Africa, many countries are​ (a)   because they rely on each other for trade, food, and resources like water from shared rivers.

• ethnicity
• intervening
• investment
• autonomous
• interdependent