APHUG: Unit 4 Vocabulary (Political Patterns and Processes)
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a politically organized independent territory with a government, defined borders, and a permanent population; a country
a cultural entity made up of people who have forged a common identity through a shared language, religion, heritage, or ethnicity—often all four of these
a politically organized and recognized territory composed of a group of people who consider themselves to be a nation
a people united by culture, language, history, and tradition but not possessing a state
a country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders
people who share a cultural or ethnic background but live in more than one country
having the authority to govern territories independently of the national government; for example, by having a separate currency
to place physical objects such as stones, pillars, walls, or fences to indicate where a boundary exists
to manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them
describing a region that is given partial authority to govern its territories independently from the national government
the right of a government to control and defend its territory and determine what happens within its borders
the right of all people to choose their own political status
a struggle by a people seeking self-determination to gain independence or sovereignty from colonial rulers or a dominant state
the process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders
the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
a region where states form, join, and break up because of ongoing, sometimes violent, conflicts among parties and because they are caught between the interests of more powerful outside states
a narrow, strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass
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