Unit 4 Vocab Part 3 Word Scramble
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| Subnational Political-Territorial Units | A small area such as a city, town, or village that has its own local government. |
| Supranational Organizations | An alliance of three or more states that work together in pursuit of common goals. |
| Devolution | The process in which regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government. |
| Economies of Scale | Increased trade and bargaining power in order to make more money for the member nations in a supranational organization. |
| Ethnic Cleansing | State governments attack an ethnic group in an attempt to try to eliminate them through expulsion, imprisonment, or mass murder. |
| Supranationalism | The state or condition of transcending national boundaries, authority, or interests. |
| Centripetal and Centrifugal forces at state scale | Characteristics that unify a country and provide stability (Centripetal) and characteristics that divide a country and create instability, conflict and violence (centrifugal). |
| Ethnonationalism | A form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric approach to various political issues related to national affirmation of a particular ethnic group. |
| Terrorism | Organized violence aimed at government and civilian targets intended to create fear in order to accomplish political aims. |
| Irredentism | A majority ethnic group wants to claim territory from a neighboring state due to a shared culture with the people residing across the border. |
| State Disintegration | States that split into two or more new states; states that have failed, such as Sudan, the former Soviet Union. |
| Democratization | The introduction of a democratic system or democratic principles. |
| Ethnic Nationalist Movements | Movements caused by the presence of ethnonationalism. |
| Transnational | Extending or operating across national boundaries. |
| Failed State | A state whose political or economic system has become so weak that the government is no longer in control. |
| Ethnic Separatism | People of a particular ethnicity in a multinational state identify more strongly with their ethnic group than as citizens of the state. |
| Balkanization (State Fragmentation) | Fragmentation or breakup of a region or country into smaller regions or countries. |
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