Ap Human Geography Kuby Chap. 13

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Colony

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A group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

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Diaspora

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Any group migration or flight from a country or region.

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Ethnonationalism

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a particular strain of nationalism that is marked by the desire of an ethnic community to have absolute authority over its own political, economic, and social affairs. Therefore, it denotes the pursuit of statehood on the part of an ethnic nation. Ethnonationalist movements signify the perception among members of a particular ethnic group that the group's interests are not being served under the present political arrangements.

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Federal State

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political authority is divided between two autonomous sets of governments, one national and the other subnational, both of which operate directly upon the people.

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Homeland

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A person's or a people's native land.

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Irredentism

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a national policy advocating the acquisition of some region in another country by reason of common linguistic, cultural, historical, ethnic, or racial ties.

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Nationalism

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loyalty and devotion to a nation

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Patriotism

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a devotion to one's homeland, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy.

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Province

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A principal administrative division of certain countries or empires.

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Raison d'etre

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reason or justification for existence

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Refugee

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a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution

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Regional Autonomy

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the decentralization of governance to outlying regions.

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Secession

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the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession can also be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.

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Separatism

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the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group.

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Shatterbelt

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an area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values.