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Section 1
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Colonies
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
Democratization
the spread of representative government to more countries and the process of making governments more representative
Integration
Allows separate systems to communicate directly with each other.
Centripetal Force
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Friedrich Ratzel
father of modern political geography, he created the Organic Theory
Rimland Theory
Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provided the base for world conquest.
Positional Disputes
Conflict over location, usually associated with physical boundaries.
Landlocked States
state surrounded by other land with no direct outlet to the sea
Minority Districting
rearranging districts to allow a minority representative to be elected
Gerrymandering
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
Internal Boundaries
boundaries that divide the interiors of a country into sections
Majority Districting
area in which the majority of the constituents in the district are racial or ethnic minorities. used to sway electoral votes
Nation-State
A country who's population share a common identity.
Electoral Geography
The study of the geographical elements of the organization and results of elections.
Exclave
A part of a country that is separated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory.
Binational or Multinational State
State that contains more than one nation (usually no one single dominant ethnic group)
Microstate
A state or territory that is small in both size and population.
Marketization
The state's recreation of a market in which property, labor, goods, and services can all function in a competitive environment to determine their value.
Ethnic Force
where an ethnic group shares a well-developed sense of belonging to the same culture
Compact States
A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Nationalism
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Boundary
invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
Fragmentation
Adherence to or embracing of regional and even local political authority, economic development, social and cultural associations, ethnic or national divisions.
Frontier
A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.
Elongated States
A state with a long narrow shape
Government
the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
Enclave
A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory
Security Council
Five permanent members( US, UK, France, China, USSR) with veto power in the UN. Promised to carry out UN decisions with their own forces.
Perforated States
a state that completely surrounds another
Fragmented States
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
Federal Systems
government systems that divide the powers between the national government and state or provincial governments
Functional Disputes
disagreements between neighboring states over policies to be applied to their common border; often induced by differing customs regulations, movement of nomadic groups, or illegal immigration or emigration.
Physical Boundary
boundary defined by a physical land mark like a river or a lake
Resource Disputes
disagreements over the control or use of shared resources, such as boundary rivers or jointly claimed fishing grounds
Consequent Boundaries
the boundaries between states are set by ethical differences, especially those based on language and/or religion. Also called Cultural Boundaries.
Cold War
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
European Union
An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
Centrifugal Force
a force that divides people and countries
Cultural Boundary
an invisible boundary made by the certain cultural beliefs and traits that make the culture
Core Area
the portion of a country that contains its economic, political, intellectual, and cultural focus.
Core-Periphery
A model of the spatial structure of development in which underdeveloped countries are defined by their dependence on a developed core region.
Geopolitics
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Balkanization
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
Territorial Disputes
A disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more states, or over the possession or control of land
Confederal System
A system consisting of a league of independent states, each having essentially sovereign powers. The central government created by such a league has only limited powers over the states.
Heartland Theory
Hypothesis that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world.
Imperialism
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Median-Line Principle
lines made to distribute water ways when states are within 200 miles of each other
Market Economy
Economic decisions are made by individuals or the open market.
Geometric Boundary
Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.
Section 2
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