AP Human Geography Unit 4: Political Geography

Vocab

Nation state

A territory occupied by a particular ethnicity.

*cultural preservation

(Japan)

Multiethnic state

A state with more than one ethnicity (all states, some more than others)

Multinational state

A state with more than one ethnicity and traditons of self-determination.

Self-determination

The idea that an ethnicity has the right to govern themselves

City-state

Comprimises of town and countryside

Nationalism

Extreme loyalty to nationality country to the point of us vs them

*Nazi Germany and Japanese attitude towards immigrants

Nation

A large group of people with common culture and political unity. They desire to become a state

*Kurds

State

An area organized into a political unit (borders,government) with a well established government that is involved in internal and forgein affairs.

Sovereignty

Having the final/ultimate say in a given area

*the US as a whole

Multi state nation

One nation of people spread over more than one state

*Kurds

Irredentism

The nationalistic belief that a country´s territory should be annexed for ethnic/historical reasons.

Microstates

Tiny independent countries

*Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and The Vatican City