Geog ch 11

forces that tend to pull states apart

forces that bind a state together

a state that has proven incapable of providing its citizens with either economic development or even peace and security

the historic homeland of a nation or area of greatest settlement

government by representatives of interest groups

the splitting of a state population among several local primary allegiances

the study of voting districts and voting patterns

teaching youngsters a society's values and traditions, its political and social culture

states that have proven incapable of providing it's citizens with either economic development or even peace and security

a form of government in which a central government shares power with subunits

a pseudoscience studying "the natural and necessary trend towards expansion as a means of self preservation"; today often loosely applied to studies of military strageties

the drawing of voting district lines in ways that include or exclude specific groups of voters, so that one group gains an unfair advantage

a state's set of symbols, including a flag and an anthem

the imperialist use of native rulers as intermediaries between the imperialists and the people

territory that one state claims from another

government by thieves or theft

a society in which the most capable people can rise to the top on merit alone

a state containing several nations

a group of people who want to have their own government and rule themselves

a state ruling over a territory containing all the people of a nation and no others

the idea of the nation-state as defended by US president Woodrow Wilson after WWI

an elite privileged clique

a willingness to join together and form a government to solve common problems

the set of unwritten ways in which written rules are interpreted and actually enforced

the theory of British psychologist Herbert Spencer that "Nature's Law" calls for "the survival of the fittest", even among cultures and entire peoples

same as enculturation

an independent political unit that claims exclusive jurisdiction over a defined territory and over all of the people and activities within it

the boundaries that imperialists drew to establish colonies over natives' territorial demarcations

the belief that a nation must have some minimal population and territory to merit self determination

a form of government in which the balance of power lies with the central government