Circle the letter of the Definition that corresponds to the displayed Term.
1. territorial integrity
A Right of a state to defend sovereign territory against incursion from other states.
B: A group of people with a shared past and common future who relate to each other and share a common
C: Nation (people) that stretches across states (countries).
D: Movement of economic, social, and cultural processes out of the hands of states (countries).
2. Nation-state
A A nation (people) and a state (country) who share the same borders.
B: British geographer Halford Mackinder’s theory that a political power based in the heart of Eurasia
gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world. “Who controls Eastern Europe controls the
C: Government by the people where the people are sovereign and have the final say over what happens
D: Redistribution of representatives based on population change. For example, seats in the U.S. House of
3. Stateless nation
A: Political boundary defined by a prominent physical feature in the physical landscape, such as a
B: World order in which one state is in a position of global dominance.
C: Places where core and periphery processes are both occurring; places that are exploited by the core but
D A nation that does not have a state.
4. Commodification
A: Government by the people where the people are sovereign and have the final say over what happens
B: A socially constructed identity that is imagined because the people in the group will never meet each
C: A redistricting practice where a minority population is divided across districts to ensure the majority
D Transformation of goods and services into products that can be bought, sold, or traded.
5. state
A: From the 1850s to 1960s, when Europeans colonized Africa and Asia in the context of the industrial
B A sovereign territory, recognized as a country by other states under international law. A state has a
C: A nation (people) and a state (country) who share the same borders.
D: A redistricting practice where a minority population is divided across districts to ensure the majority
6. Physical-political boundaries
A: In nationalism, attributes of a nation that can be activated or manipulated to unite the nation, such as
B: An organization of three or more states involving formal political, economic, and/or cultural
C Political boundary defined by a prominent physical feature in the physical landscape, such as a
D: When a local culture shapes an aspect of popular culture as their own, adopting the popular culture to
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