Unit 5 Vocab

4. The boundaries between countries and territories.
5. A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
6. The systematic use of violence by a group calculated to create an atmosphere of fear and alarm among a population or to coerce a government into actions it would not otherwise undertake or refrain from actions it wants to take.
9. A state that has an extension that protrudes from the main territory.
10. A state with a long, narrow extended territory.
11. An ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state.
13. The full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.
15. A state that completely surrounds another.
16. A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity.
17. A political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government.
18. Four Characteristics of a State:Population - The number of state’s citizens Territory - The state’s known and recognized boundaries Sovereignty - The state’s supreme and absolute power within its own territory and over its own people Government - The state’s political organization and public policy

1. An international group or union in which the power and influence of member states transcend national boundaries or interests to share in decision making and vote on issues concerning the collective body.
2. A state that is simply divided or separated by a barrier.
3. A state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme.
7. Any state whose territorial boundaries do not touch an ocean, gulf, or bay.
8. A state that contains more than one ethnicity.
12. The right of self-government.
14. The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.