An area of a country that has freedom from external authority.

Forces or attitudes that tend to divide or weaken a state.

Forces that unify people and enhance support for the state.

The process by which one nation exercises control over another country that they have settled in and taken over.

The transfer of power from the central government to regional governments within the state or the breakup of a large state into several independent ones.

A state where the government has lost the ability to provide the most basic of public services.

A country where governmental authority is shared between the central body and smaller regional authorities.

When officials redraw electoral districts to favor a certain political party.

A hypothesis that states that a political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain the strength to eventually dominate the world.

Extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

When part of an existing state breaks away and merges with another.

When a nation stretches across international borders.

A group of people with common cultural characteristics.

A state whose political boundaries correspond with its cultural boundaries.

Control by a powerful country of its former colonies or less developed countries using economic pressure.

The idea that states are like organisms that have life cycles and need to be nourished by acquiring less powerful states to survive.

The drawing of new electoral boundary lines in response to population changes.

The process of reallocating electoral seats to voting districts.

The idea that controlling the land near the coasts of Eurasia would eventually lead to world domination

A region caught between two stronger feuding forces.

The political authority of a state to govern itself.

A nation of people without a sovereign place to claim as home.

Allegiance of people to a traditional group or nation rather than the state.

A type of state where power is held by the central government only.

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Unit 4 Vocab

Term	Definition
autonomous region	An area of a country that has freedom from external authority.
centrifugal	Forces or attitudes that tend to divide or weaken a state.
centripetal	Forces that unify people and enhance support for the state.
colonialism	The process by which one nation exercises control over another country that they have settled in and taken over.
devolution	The transfer of power from the central government to regional governments within the state or the breakup of a large state into several independent ones.
failed state	A state where the government has lost the ability to provide the most basic of public services.
federal	A country where governmental authority is shared between the central body and smaller regional authorities.
gerrymandering	When officials redraw electoral districts to favor a certain political party.
heartland theory	A hypothesis that states that a political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain the strength to eventually dominate the world.
imperialism	Extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
irredentism	When part of an existing state breaks away and merges with another.
multi-state nation	When a nation stretches across international borders.
nation	A group of people with common cultural characteristics.
nation-state	A state whose political boundaries correspond with its cultural boundaries.
neocolonialism	Control by a powerful country of its former colonies or less developed countries using economic pressure.
organic theory	The idea that states are like organisms that have life cycles and need to be nourished by acquiring less powerful states to survive.
redistricting	The drawing of new electoral boundary lines in response to population changes.
reapportionment	The process of reallocating electoral seats to voting districts.
rimland theory	The idea that controlling the land near the coasts of Eurasia would eventually lead to world domination
shatterbelt	A region caught between two stronger feuding forces.
sovereignty	The political authority of a state to govern itself.
stateless nation	A nation of people without a sovereign place to claim as home.
subnationalism	Allegiance of people to a traditional group or nation rather than the state.
unitary	A type of state where power is held by the central government only.

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