AP Human Geography Unit 4 Vocabulary

 the largest political unit, also known as a country. Has to have a defined boundary, contain a permanent population, and maintain sovereignty

• State

• Sovereignty

• Nation

• Nation-State

the power of a political unit, or government, to rule over its own affairs

• Sovereignty

• State

• Nation

• Nation-State

a group of people who have certain things in common; cultural heritage, a set of beliefs and values that unify them, a traditional claim to a particular space as their homeland, and a desire to establish their own state or express self-rule in another way.

• Nation

• State

• Sovereignty

• Nation-State

a nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state.

• Nation

• State

• Sovereignty

• Nation-State

a country that contains more than one nation

• Multinational State

• Autonomous region

• Semi Autonomous region

• Stateless nation

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

• Multinational State

• Autonomous region

• Semi Autonomous region

• Stateless nation

a state that has a degree of, but not complete self-rule

• Multinational State

• Autonomous region

• Semi Autonomous region

• Stateless nation

a cultural group that has no independent political entity

• Multinational State

• Autonomous region

• Semi Autonomous region

• Stateless nation

occurs when a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states.

• Multi State nation

• Nationalism

• Centripetal force

• Centrifugal force

a nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own

• Multi State nation

• Nationalism

• Centripetal force

• Centrifugal force