Introduction to Political Geography
Đã giới thiệu| English | Ý nghĩa |
|---|---|
| state/steɪt/ | nhà nước |
| nation/ˈneɪʃn/ | dân tộc |
| sovereignty/ˈsɒvərɪnti/ | chủ quyền |
| political geography/pəˈlɪtɪkl dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/ | địa chính trị |
| nation-state/ˈneɪʃn steɪt/ | nhà nước dân tộc |
| multinational state/ˌmʌltɪˈnæʃənl steɪt/ | nhà nước đa dân tộc |
| stateless nation/ˈsteɪtləs ˈneɪʃn/ | dân tộc không nhà nước |
States, nations, and sovereignty
- A state 国家 is a country with borders, a permanent population, a government, and sovereignty 主权.
- Sovereignty means full control over its own affairs.
- Political geography 政治地理学 studies how humans divide and control space.
Full control by a state over its own affairs is called...
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Sovereignty is a state's supreme authority over its territory.
Select all features every state must have.
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Borders, population, and a sovereign government define a state; one religion is not required.
Nation vs nation-state
- A nation 民族 is a group with a shared culture and identity.
- A nation-state 民族国家 is a state whose borders match one nation (Japan is close).
- A multinational state 多民族国家 contains several nations.
UN General Assembly hall: member states cooperate while retaining separate governments
State, nation, or nation-state?
Sort each description as a state, a nation, or a stateless nation.
Most states in the world are perfect nation-states with exactly one nation.
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True nation-states are rare; most states are multinational.
Match each term to its meaning.
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State = territory; nation = people; multinational state = many nations.
Stateless nations
- A stateless nation 无国家民族 is a people with no state of their own (like the Kurds).
- Their identity is strong, but they lack sovereignty over a territory.
- Mismatch between nations and states causes much political conflict.
A people with a strong identity but no state of their own, like the Kurds, is a ____ nation.
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A stateless nation lacks sovereignty over a territory.
Do not use "nation", "state", and "country" as loose synonyms. A state is the political territory; a nation is a people. A perfect nation-state (one nation = one state) is actually rare — most states are multinational.
The Kurds are a nation of tens of millions with a shared language and identity, but they are spread across Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria with no state of their own — a classic stateless nation. Japan, by contrast, is close to a true nation-state.
A state has borders, population, government, and sovereignty; a nation is a people with shared identity. A nation-state matches the two (rare); a multinational state has several nations; a stateless nation has none of its own.
Write from a stateless nation
- A people share a language and a story of common origin.
- They live in three states and have no state of their own.
Which political term fits this people?
A nation without sovereignty over its own state is stateless.
What is a people with no state of their own?
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The people exist. Their own sovereign state does not.