Geography Unit 4

nations

large group of people who share a common language, culture, history, and identity, and who often live within defined borders

states

political entity made up of a group of people living within defined borders, who have a government and are organized as a unit with the power to make and enforce laws

nation-state

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

stateless nation

group of people who share a common language, culture, history, and identity, but who do not have their own sovereign state.

multi-state nation

a state that consists of two or more nations within its borders

fragmented state

has several noncontiguous pieces of territory.

imperialism

one states exercise of direct or indirect control over the affairs of another political society

nationalism

emphasizes the collective identity and interests of a nation or people