nation states
what is a nation-state
A nation-state is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity
what is a colonialism
Colonialism is the effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory
what were the 15 rebublics of the soviet union based on
they were based on there 15 ethnicities
what is a multiethnic state
A Multiethnic state is a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
what is a multinatinal state
A multinational state is a country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination
Why is Denmark considered a nation-state
large amount of ethnic Danes who speak danish as there first language
what was the reason why european states established colonies elsewhere in the world
to promote christianity
To extract useful resources and to serve as captive markets for their products
To establish relative power through the number of their colonies
what is the three baltic states consisting of
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
in some multiethnic states, ethinicities do what
they all contribute cultural features to the formation of a single nationality.
what place is an example of a multinational state
India is a good example
in 1991 country/state was seperated from Yugoslavia to become a nation state
Slovenia
there are 3 reasons why a country would want to promote colonialism
political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory
what is the three euopean states consiting of
Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
which countries are multiethnic states
India, Nigeria, and Canada
in some multinational sates, ethnicities
they coexist peacefully, while remaining culturally distinct.
which places were not going to be nation-states
Abkhazians, Chechens, Kurds, and Ossetians
there where many countries who established colonies in the 1880s name 2 (if you name more than more points to you)
Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Belgium, and later Germany and Italy
what are the 5 central asian states consisting of
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
what can cause a country to become multiethnic
When a country's government wishes to integrate its immigrants into citizens
what happens in some multinational states
one ethnicity tries to dominate another, especially if one is much more numerous than the others.
which countries were nation-states(difficult)
estonia, lithuanial, and latvia
which country established the most colonies
Great Britian
what are the three caucus states consiting of
Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia (Russia)
an example of a multi-ethnicity is (we've been here before)
Fiji
to have a multinational state
the nationalist claims and demands for independence