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Unit 5 vocab

world geo

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Nationalism Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
Nation-State A country who's population share a common identity or nationality, or ethnic group.
Theocracy government run by religious leaders
Stateless Nation a group of people with a common political identity who do not have a territorially defined, sovereign country of their own
Totalitarian Government a system in which absolute power is exercised over every aspect of life
Sovereign Nations self-ruling group that has the power to do everything necessary to govern itself
Nation a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity
Imperialism A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Decolonization The collapse of colonial empires. Between 1947 and 1962, practically all former colonies in Asia and Africa gained independence.
Autonomy self-government. Independence
Genocide systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
Balkanization Process by which a state (country) breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities into smaller countries
Cold War the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II for global domination
Apartheid Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas.
Human Freedom Index the state of human freedom of 162 countries around the world based on a broad measure that encompasses, economic, civil, and personal freedom. 10 being a perfect score and zero the worst.
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