AP HUG U4 review

A permanent population, defined borders and a sovereign government recognized by other states

A state’s authority to govern its own affairs, including domestic and international

A group of people with a shared culture, language, history, homeland and self-determination

The right or desire for a nation or group to govern themselves

A sovereign state with a homogenous population (ex. Japan, Iceland, South Korea)

A state with multiple nations in it’s borders (ex. Soviet Union, Russia, Canada)

A nation that is spread across multiple sovereign states (ex. Kurdish Nation, the Basques)

A nation with a history of self-determinism that does not have a recognized state (ex. Catalonia, Kurds, Basques, Palestinians)

Acquiring territory and settling there to exert political, economic and social control over the area (ex. colonization of the Americas)

The idea of growing a state by exerting force over other nations to gain economic and political power WITHOUT establishing settlements (ex. British expansion in India)

A process by which a colony becomes independent of the colonizing country

a desire by one state to annex a territory of another state claiming it’s theirs based on historical or cultural ties

the process where political power is transferred from central to local governments (ex. Scottish Parliament)

the process of nation states being organized politically and economically into an alliance or organisation, EU

the belief that one nation is superior to all others

a region endangered by local conflicts within states or between countries (ex. Ukraine and Russia)

how people use space to communicate ownership of territory that connects to their culture, economy or political interests

locations where the flow of people and goods can be constructed in the event of a conflict, like a mountain or bridge (ex. Panama Canal)

when a country seeks to limit trade through various ways

the use of political, cultural or economic power to influence or control other countries but doesn’t involve direct military rule (ex. China in African countries)

an area between two states that cannot be occupied or used for military purposes

a geographic area over which no state has direct power or control

treaties and agreements that decide where a country has rights in the sea

the process of redistricting a voting district to favor one political party over another

the process of spreading like-minded voters out across multiple districts

the process of stacking like-minded voters into just a few districts to reduce the impact of their vote in other districts

When a person or group starts to identify more as their own ethnic group than as a citizen of the state

A movement by a nation to unite other parts of its nation that are located in another state

UN, African Union, NATO, EU, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Arctic Council

a result of devolution where a region is given greater autonomy from the central government