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16 Cards in this Set
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state
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A politically organized territory with a permanent population, a defined territory, and a government. To be a state, an entity must be recognized as such by other states.
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nation
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A culturally defined group of people with a shared past and a common future who relate to a territory and have political goals.
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Multinational state
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A state with more than one nation.
EX: the former Yugoslavia |
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Stateless nation
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A nation without a state.
EX: Kurdistan |
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colonialism
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A physical action in which one state takes over control of another, taking over the government and ruling the territory as its own.
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devolution
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Movement of power from central government to regional government with a state.
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Geometric boundaries
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Based on grid systems.
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Physical-political boundaries
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Follow an agreed- upon feature in the physical geographic landscape.
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Unilateral world order
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One power
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Bi-polar world order
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Two powers
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United Nations
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-Existed since the end of WWII
-191 members - Sent peacekeeping troops to troubled areas - Aided refugees in crisis - Improved human rights |
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Supranational Organizations
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Separare entity composed of three or more states that forge an association and form an administrative structure for mutual benefit in pursuit of shared goals.
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- What is the current world order?
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Unilateralism, with the US as the one power
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- How do politicians shape our views of the world?
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American politicians have often defined the world in terms of “us”
And “them”. |
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- How did the idea of states spread?
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If a country was organized territory with a permanent population, a defined territory and a government, then it would be recognized as a state.
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- What is the difference between a state and a nation?
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A nation is a group of people who share culture, religion and language.
- A state is land with a sovereign government. |
