Unit 5 Week 1

A defined, identifiable land use

• Country

• Nation

• Nation State

• County

Unstable area between two regions with opposing political or cultural values

• Buffer States

• Shatterbelt

• Imperialism

• Balkanization

A population with a single culture

• Country

• Nation

• Nation State

• Sovereignty

A population under a sovereignty government with control over a defined territory

• Country

• Nation

• State

• Nation-State

Practice of establishing settlements in other territories, typically for economic gain

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

• Territoriality

• Decolonization

A single majority culture under a single sovereign government

• Country

• Nation

• State

• Nation-State

The gradual liberation of colonies

• Shatterbelt

• Colonialism

• Decolonization

• Imperialism

Fully independent government, has territory, recognized by other states or the U.N.

• State

• Nation

• Sovereignty

• Country

Neutral states between two potentially rival states

• Shatterbelt

• Decolonization

• Self Determination

• Buffer States

A culture group not represented in any particular state (ex. Kurds, Basque)

• Sovereignty

• State

• Stateless Nation

• Multinational State