ap human geo

self-determination

The right of a group to govern itself in its own state or territory

territorial dispute

Disagreement between states over the control of surface area, including the locations of boundaries

devolution

The transfer of certain powers from the state central government to separate political subdivisions within the state’s territory

regionalism

Group identification with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole

centrifugal force

Forces of disruption and dissolution threatening the unity of a state

separatism

Desired regional autonomy expressed by a culturally distinctive group within a larger, politically dominant culture

supranationalism

Term applied to associations created by three or more states

ethnic cleasning

1.  cleansing of an ethnicity within a thing

nationalism

A sense of unity binding the people of a state together

subnationalism

The feeling that one owes primary allegiance to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state

functional dispute

A disagreement between neighboring states over policies to be applied to their common border

irredentism

The policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself territory inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the people of the state

centripetal force

forces tending to bind together the citizens of a state, thus promoting its unity

positional dispute

Disagreement about the actual location of a boundary