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What is a state?
What is a state?
- A political unit with defined territorial boundaries (correct)
- A group of people who share a common culture
- An area with undefined territorial boundaries
- A group of people without a sovereign state of their own
What is the difference between a state and a nation?
What is the difference between a state and a nation?
- States are defined by their geographical boundaries, while nations are defined by their cultural identity. (correct)
- Nations are political units with defined territorial boundaries.
- There is no difference between a state and a nation.
- States are groups of people who share a common culture, language, history, and/or identity.
What is a city-state?
What is a city-state?
- A group of people who share a common culture
- A state composed of multiple nations
- A state whose population is predominantly composed of a single nation
- A sovereign state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory (correct)
What is a city-state?
What is a city-state?
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What is self-determination?
What is self-determination?
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What is self-determination?
What is self-determination?
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What are multinational states?
What are multinational states?
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What are multinational states?
What are multinational states?
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What led to the creation of new states and the redrawing of boundaries?
What led to the creation of new states and the redrawing of boundaries?
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What led to the creation of new states and the redrawing of boundaries?
What led to the creation of new states and the redrawing of boundaries?
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- States are political units with defined territorial boundaries.
- Nations are groups of people who share a common culture, language, history, and/or identity.
- Nation-states are states whose population is predominantly composed of a single nation.
- City-states are sovereign states consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
- Stateless-nations are nations without a sovereign state of their own.
- Multinational states are states composed of multiple nations.
- Sovereignty is the supreme authority of a state to govern itself and its territory without external interference.
- Self-determination is the right of a people to determine their own political status and pursue their own economic, social, and cultural development.
- Imperialism and colonialism led to the creation of new states and the redrawing of boundaries.
- Yugoslavia was a state composed of multiple ethnic groups, dissolved in 1991.
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