Unit 4 Vocab 1

Self-determination

The right of all people to govern themselves. Usually a nation, ethnicity, or former colony wants to govern themselves and establish sovereignty over their own state.

Devolution

Due to centrifugal forces, power is shifted from the central government or administration to regional authorities which are usually reflective of nations

Sovereignty

The right of a government to control and defend it’s territory and determine what happens within its borders

Autonomous/ Semi autonomous region

A location within a state that is given authority to govern independently from the national government

Multinational State

A state with various ethnicities and cultures within its borders

Multistate Nation

Consist of a nation of people that live in more than one state

Nation-State

When the borders of the nation match the borders of the state- a state with (ideally) only one nation within it

Nation

A group of people with a common identity through shared cultural traits such as languages, religion, ethnicity and heritage

State

An entity with a defined territory with borders, a permanent population, a government, sovereignty, and recognition from other states

Stateless Nation

Nation of people without a state to occupy

Territoriality

Is the control and influence over a specific geographic region

Neocolonialism

The use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures in order to control or influence other countries

Subsequent Boundaries

Borders that are drawn in areas that have been settled by people, typically due to changes that have occurred overtime

Consequent Boundaries

Type of subsequent boundary- takes into account the existing cultural distribution of the people living in the territory and redevelops boundary lines to more closely align with cultural boundaries

Superimposed

Borders that is drawn over existing and accepted borders by an outside force

Relic Boundaries

Border no longer exist but has left some imprint on the local cultural or environmental geography

Defined Boundaries

Countries legally define and agree to where borders are located through an agreement or treaty

Delimited Boundaries

Identifying the location of the defined boundaries on a map. Usually at the same time that boundaries are defined and done through a legal designation

Antecedent Boundaries

Borders that are established before there has been major settlements by people in a territory

Geometric Boundaries

Borders that are established on strait lines of latitude and longitude instead of physical or cultural boundaries

Demarcated Boundaries

Visible markers of the landscape with objects, such as fences or signs

Administered Boundaries

Legal management of the border through laws, immigration regulation documentation and prosecution

Independent State

States that exercise self-government and usually hold sovereignty

Irredentism

When you have a major ethnic group that wants to claim territory from a neighboring state due to a shared culture

Legitimacy

Whether the government has the right to rule a states people and territory, diplomacy