Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and Government.
What was the defining characteristic of the Spartan city-state? A: Military state
It has a defined territory
All parallelograms have four sides - it's their defining characteristic.
A defining characteristic of polyphony is that the independence and equality of simultaneous melodic lines.
Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and Government.
Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and Government.
A nation-state will have a constituent citizenry, a government and defined borders (or a fixed territory over which it claims jurisdiction and sovereignty).
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The defining characteristic of prokaryotic cells that sets them apart from eukaryotic cells is the absence of a distinct nucleus.
The mammary glands, a defining characteristic of mammals.
The defining characteristic of a main sequence star burns hydrogen to helium in its core.