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Nation
A group of people with common cultural characteristics
Shatterbelt
A reigon caught between two stronger fueding forces
Centripetal
Forces that unify people and enhance support for the state
Federal
A country where governmental authority is shared between the central body and smaller reigonal authorities
Nation-State
A state whose political boundries correspond with its cultural boundries
Reapportionment
The process of reallocating electoral seats to voting districts
Unitary
A type of state where power is held by the central government only
Centrifugal
Forces or attitudes that tend to divide or weaken a state
Stateless Nation
A nation of people without a sovereign place to claim as home
Heartland Theory
A hypothesis that states that political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain the strength to eventually dominate the world
Subnationalism
Allegiance of people to a traditional group or nation rather than the state
Failed State
A state where the government has lost the ability to provide the most basic of public services
Irredentism
When part of an existing state breaks away and merges with another
Autonomous Region
An area of a country that has freedom from external authority
Multistate Nation
When a nation stretches across international borders
Organic Theory
The ides that states are like organisms that have life cycles and need nourished by acquiring less powerful states to survive
Imperialism
Extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Sovereignty
The political authority of a state to govern itself
Rimland Theory
The idea that controlling the land near the coasts of Eurasia would eventually lead to world domination
Devolution
The transfer of power from the central government to regional governments within the state or the breakup of large state into several independent ones
Redistricting
The drawing of new electoral boundary lines in response to population changes
Colonialism
The process by which one nation exercises control over another country that they have settled in and taken over
Neocolonialism
Control by a powerful country of its former colonies or less developed countries using economic pressure
Gerrymandering
When officials redraw electoral districts to favor a certain political party
