AP Human Geography / Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
4.1 Introduction to Political Geography
Notes
- State: a country with territory, people, government and sovereignty.
- Nation: people with a shared culture and identity.
- Nation-state (Japan), multinational state (Russia), stateless nation (Kurds), multistate nation (Koreans).
Practice
The Kurds, spread across several countries without their own state, are a:
No sovereign state.
Japan, with one dominant nationality, is close to a:
Nation and state match.
Sovereignty means:
Self-rule.
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