4.1-4.6

state

• a political boundary defined and delimited by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape, such as a river or the crest ridges of a mountain range.
• a country that has a government, that controls what comes in and out of it, has defined borders, has a sovereign government, and is recognized
• a fundamental aspect of human behavior and refers to the need to lay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we own
• an oppressed nation with no rights in multiple state borders

nation

• a culturally defined group of people that share the same beliefs, language, history, religion, and region; ethinic group
• created modern states
• the movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state and breaks into multiple countries
• an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials

nation-state

• general sense associated with the promotion of commercialism trade
• a state dominated by a relatively homogeneous culture group; one nation within one state
• an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
• core and periphery processes are both occuring

territoriality

• drawing electoral (voting) districts to benefit one political group over another
• a fundamental aspect of human behavior and refers to the need to lay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we own
• created modern states
• a country that has a government, that controls what comes in and out of it, has defined borders, has a sovereign government, and is recognized

sovereignty

• system wherein each representative is elected from a territorially defined district
• a government free from external control
• incorporates lower salaries and less technology
• packed districts in which a majority of the population is from the minority

Peace of Westphalia

• imperial powers exercised ruthless control over their domains and organized them for maximum economic expolitation
• drawing electoral (voting) districts to benefit one political group over another
• created modern states
• packed districts in which a majority of the population is from the minority

mercantilism

• process incorporate higher levels of education, salaries, and technology
• general sense associated with the promotion of commercialism trade
• a political boundary defined and delimited by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape, such as a river or the crest ridges of a mountain range.
• drawing electoral (voting) districts to benefit one political group over another

multinational state

• a country that has a government, that controls what comes in and out of it, has defined borders, has a sovereign government, and is recognized
• a separate entity composed of three or more states that forge an association and form an administrative structure for mutual benefit and in pursuit of shared goals
• state with more than one nation
• core and periphery processes are both occuring

multistate nation

• a culturally defined group of people that share the same beliefs, language, history, religion, and region; ethinic group
• Ex. Canada & U.S
• nation across multiple state borders
• forces that bring a nation together

stateless nation

• a fundamental aspect of human behavior and refers to the need to lay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we own
• core and periphery processes are both occuring
• an oppressed nation with no rights in multiple state borders
• drawing electoral (voting) districts to benefit one political group over another