Ap Human Geography
Module 7 DBA Alt - Review political geography - examination of political processes and organizations at several levels state - politically organized territory with a stable population, boundaries that are internationally recognized, and an effective government and economy, and full control over its internal and external affairs
1. A single government in control
2. A specified area of land
3. A permanent population
4. Government control of internal and external affairs
5. Sovereignty - Name the 5 requirements of a state. sovereignty - a state has full control over its affairs microstates - states with extremely small areas nationality - legal attatchment and alliegance of a group of people to a state ethnicity - cultural, linguistic, or religious identity held by a group of people with common national origins nation - group of people who share common cultural features self-determination - a nation has political independence (the right to make decisions without outside interference) nation-state - political unit containing one nation multinational state - state that contains multiple nations with a history of self-determination stateless nation - nation without a territory to call its own nationalism - sense of loyalty and pride in a specific nationality physical boundaries - natural boundaries between national groups political boundaries - human-created boundaries centripetal force - forces that unite people and increase support for a state centrifugal force - forces that divide a nation and decrease support of a state nationalism - places emphasis on dedication to one's nation or nation-state regionalism - places emphasis on regional issues over those of a single nation or nation-state ethnocenterism - the belief that one's own culture is superior to all others empire - political unit with a large territory or multiple territories under a simple sovereign government and emperor colonialism - policy in which one state takes control of
1. A single government in control
2. A specified area of land
3. A permanent population
4. Government control of internal and external affairs
5. Sovereignty - Name the 5 requirements of a state. sovereignty - a state has full control over its affairs microstates - states with extremely small areas nationality - legal attatchment and alliegance of a group of people to a state ethnicity - cultural, linguistic, or religious identity held by a group of people with common national origins nation - group of people who share common cultural features self-determination - a nation has political independence (the right to make decisions without outside interference) nation-state - political unit containing one nation multinational state - state that contains multiple nations with a history of self-determination stateless nation - nation without a territory to call its own nationalism - sense of loyalty and pride in a specific nationality physical boundaries - natural boundaries between national groups political boundaries - human-created boundaries centripetal force - forces that unite people and increase support for a state centrifugal force - forces that divide a nation and decrease support of a state nationalism - places emphasis on dedication to one's nation or nation-state regionalism - places emphasis on regional issues over those of a single nation or nation-state ethnocenterism - the belief that one's own culture is superior to all others empire - political unit with a large territory or multiple territories under a simple sovereign government and emperor colonialism - policy in which one state takes control of