Political Borders

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Nation-

• control of an ethnic group within borders

• absolute control of a state by a government

• a group with a shared culture inside a land area

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

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State-

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

• control for an ethnic group inside of a functioning political sovereign state

• land where a nation and state are within the same sovereign territory (

• a group with a shared culture inside a land area

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Nation-State

• a group with a shared culture inside a land area

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

• absolute control of a state by a government

• land where a nation and state are within the same sovereign territory

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Political sovereignty

• a group with a shared culture inside a land area

• absolute control of a state by a government

• control for an ethnic group inside of a functioning political sovereign state

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

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Ethnic Sovereignty

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

• absolute control of a state by a government

• control for an ethnic group inside of a functioning political sovereign state

• sovereign territory with distinct borders

What is a stateless nation?

• A group that has no sovereignty, no land, and are usually a minority with little to no political power.

• A nation with no states.

• A piece of land that has ethnic sovereignty by a group but no political control.

• A state that does not belong to a nation.

What type of sovereignty do the Kurds want based off of their shared identity?

• Political Sovereignty

• Ethnic Sovereignty

What nation do the Kurds NOT live in?

• Turkey

• Iran

• Syria

• Saudi Arabia

What did the Sykes-Picot agreement do?

• Unified the Middle East into one nation.

• Divided the Middle East into areas controlled by Spain and Portugal

• Divided the Middle East into areas controlled by Britain or France.

• Re-established the Ottoman Empire.

Were the Kurdish people given a homeland that would become Kurdistan?

• YES, they have an established homeland.

• NO, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk the leader of Turkey rejected the idea of a Kurdish homeland.