APHG Unit 4 Political Vocabulary Flashcard

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A State is the same as a ________________

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Country

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Legally, a term encompassing all the citizens of a state. Most definitions now tend to refer to a tightly knit group of people possessing bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes. Such homogeneity actually prevails within very few countries.

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Nation

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Theoretically, a recognized member of the modern state possessing formal sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation. Most nations and states aspire to this form, but is realized almost nowhere.

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nation-state

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nation that does not have a state

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stateless nation

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state with more than one nation within its borders

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multinational state

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nation that stretches across borders and across states

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multistate nation

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(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs

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autonomous region

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What is an autonomous administrative division?

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A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-governance, or autonomy, from an external authority.

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A principle of international relations that holds that final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states

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sovereignty

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the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.

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self-determination