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What is a territory?
A territory (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land') is adefined area (including land and waters), considered to be apossession of a person, organization, institution, animal…, state orcountry subdivision. In the US, a territory was a defined region prior to being furtherdivided and becoming states. Puerto Rico is a still a territory(called a commonwealth), as are American Samoa, Guam, the US VirginIslands, the Northern Marianas Islands, and eleven other smallislands in the Caribbean or Pacific. In Canada, there are three territories in addition to the tenprovinces, which generally have the same functions. They are Yukon,Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories (plural only in name). In Australia, there are three mainland territories and sevenexternal possessions, in addition to the six states. The NorthernTerritory is a territory in name only, effectively a state. Thereis also the Australian Capital Territory in which Canberra, thenational capital is located, and the much smaller Jervis BayTerritory. The island of Tasmania is also called a territory. (MORE)
