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Independence movement
Effort by people to create a new sovereign state in a place inside or another state (Devolution failed) Think Spain, Catalonia
Balkanization
The process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
Semi-autonomous Region
Have a MODERATE degree of self-government and freedom to govern themselves (Example Hong Kong and Macau)
Autonomous region
Regions that have a HIGH degree of self-government and freedom to govern themselves (example Native American Reservations)
Ethnic Separatism
When an ethnic groups desires to separate from the larger group
Ethnic cleansing
Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes/kills a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
Homogeneous
of the same kind; alike.
Devolution
Breaking up of a state into smaller units OR the passing of power from central to lower governments (Spain, Catalonia)
Irredentism
Movement by a nation to unite other parts of its nation that are spread over other borders (Example Russia/Ukraine-Crimea
Terrorism
Violence, organized by a group, that is aimed at civilians in order to incite terror for political reasons
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