Vocab Quiz #4 (teacher def.)

Multistate Nation

Nation that stretches across borders and across states

Devolution

Movement of power from central to regional governments

Creole Language

A pidgin that has survived long enough to become a mother tongue

Autonomous Region

An administrative division of a country that has a degree of freedom from an external authority

Pidgin Language

A simplified form of a lingua franca used for communication between two groups of people that speak different languages

Stateless Nation

Kurds and Palestinians are THE examples

Lingua Franca

A second language held in common for international discourse

Arithmetic Density

Number of persons per unit of land area

Agricultural Density

Type of density that shows # of farmers per arable land

Remittance

Money migrants send back to families and friends in their home countries

Intrafaith Boundary

Boundaries within a single major faith

Carrying Capacity

The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support

Nation-State

Japan and Denmark are THE examples

Nation

A group of people often sharing common elements of culture, such as religion or language or a history or political identity

Isogloss

A line around places where speakers use a linguistic feature in the same way (soda/pop)

Centripetal Force

Forces that bind a state together

State

Often used synonymously with “country”

Official Language

The language in which government business is conducted and official records are kept

Multinational State

State with more than one nation within its borders

Centrifugal Force

Forces that tend to pull states apart