APHG Unit 4 Terms

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State

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An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.

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Nation

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A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity.

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Nation-state

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.

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Stateless nation

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A group of people with a common political identity who do not have a territorially defined, sovereign country of their own.

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Multinational state

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State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.

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Multi-state nation

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A nation or cultural group that is divided across two or more state borders.

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Autonomous Regions

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A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state.

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Semi-autonomous region

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An area inside of a country that has some power to control itself more than other areas in the country.

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Sovereignty

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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

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Self-determination

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Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.