Political Entities
a community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based upon shared cultural traits such as language, ethnicity and religion.
What is a Nation?
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
What is Nationalism?
the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
What is Syncretism?
a country where the political boundaries (the "state") largely coincide with the cultural boundaries of a distinct group of people.
What is a Nation-State?
defined lines or limits that demarcate the territorial extent of a political entity, such as a country, state, or region.
What is a Boundary?
the concept that successive groups of people leave their cultural imprints on a place, creating a cumulative cultural landscape over time.
What is Sequent Occupancy?
a section or territory of a country that has a degree of self-government or autonomy in its decision making.
What is Autonomous Regions?
primary form by which governance is organized spatially at a global scale.
What is an Independent State?
assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.
What is Acculturation?
a country that contains two or more distinct nationalities or ethnic groups, each with its own culture and traditions, under a single government.
What is a Multinational State?
the study of where things are located on Earth's surface, why they are there, and how places, people and phenomena are connected across space. It focuses on identifying patterns, relationships, and distributions.
What is Spatial Analysis?
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
What is Ethnocentrism?
a group of people with a common culture occupying a particular territory that does not operate as an independent political unit with a defined, permanently populated territory and has no sovereign control over its internal and foreign affairs
(ex: Kurds)
What is a Stateless Nation?
a region that is politically fragmented and caught between the influence of larger, competing external powers, often resulting in instability and conflict.
What is a Shatterbelt?
the process where different cultures become more similar through interaction, sharing ideas, values, and practices.
What is Cultural Convergence?