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Section 1
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supranational organization
An organization that operates across multiple states for political, economic, or military cooperation; States transfer some sovereignty to the union by joining.
Boundary
vertical plane between states that cuts through the rocks below, and the airspace above the surface
fragmented
State shape that has separations either by ocean (islands) or an intervening state.
physical boundary
A.K.A. natural border; A political boundary defined and delimited by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape, such as a river or the crest ridges of a mountain range.
compact
State shape that is most efficient.
Colonialism
rule by an autonomous power over a subordinate and alien people and place. Although often established and maintained through political structures, colonialism also creates unequal cultural and economic relations. Because of the magnitude and impact of the European colonial project of the last centuries, the term is generally understood to refer to that particular colonial endeavor.
Majority-Minority Districts
In the context of determining representative districts, the process by which a majority of the population is from the minority.
Sovereignty
A principle of international relations that holds that final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states
geometric boundary
A political boundary defined and delimited as a straight line or an arc based on a grid system.
Political Geography
A subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and implications of the evolving spatial organization of political governance and formal political practice on the Earth's surface. It is concerned with why political spaces emerge in the places that they do and with how the character of those spaces affects social, political, economic, and environmental understandings and practices.
Unitary
A nation-state that has a centralized government and administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state
redistricting
Changing of the borders of an electoral district to meet population changes, i.e. migration.
Centripetal
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Fertile Crescent
Called "the cradle of civilization"; The arid geographic location that supported the first city-states.
Mesopotamia
A historical region situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran-Iraq borders; Geographic location of the first states (city-states).
UN
United Nations, a supranational organization.
Heartland Theory
A geopolitical hypothesis, proposed by British geographer Halford Mackinder during the first two decades of the twentieth century, that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world. Mackinder further proposed that since Eastern Europe controlled access to the Eurasian interior, its ruler would command the vast "heartland" to the east
nationalism
Identifying with, becoming attached to, and pledging loyalty to one's nation.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a supranational organization.
Centrifrugal
things that cause disunity in the state (ex: political, religious, or economic conflict)
EU
European Union, a supranational organization.
state
A country that has a sovereign government, defined borders, and is recognized by other states.
perforated
State shape that completely surrounds another state.
elongated
State shape that can be challenging for communication because of its long form.
Democracy
A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives.
Reapportionment
Process by which representative districts are switched according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people
Devolution
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
Multinational State
state with more than one nation within its borders
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement, a supranational organization.
gerrymandering
Redistricting for the benefit of one political party or group.
prorupted
State shape that has a protrusion in order to give the state access to resources.
League of Nations
Supranational organization established after World War I; Failed precursor to the United Nations.
electoral district
a formal region in which citizens vote for an elected representative.
Cyprus
An island state in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that is split between Greek and Turkish nations.
Brexit
A portmanteau of "British" + "exit"; 2016 referendum in the United Kingdom in which British voters voted to leave the EU because of perceived cost vs. benefit and loss of sovereignty.
Stateless Nation
nation that does not have a state
imperialism
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
colony
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
enclave
A state that is surrounded by another state or states.
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a supranational organization.
Nation-state
Theoretically, a recognized member of the modern state system possessing formal sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation. Most nations and states aspire to this form, but it is realized almost nowhere. Nonetheless, in common parlance, nation-state is used as a synonym for country or state.
landlocked state
A state without access to ocean resources.
Kuwait
A small, oil-rich gulf state; In 1990 invaded by Iraq because of a dispute over shared oil reserves.
Federal
a political-territorial system wherein a central government represents the various entities within a nation-state where they have common interest- defense, foreign affairs, and the like- yet allows these various entities to retain their own identities and to have their own laws, policies, and customs in certain spheres.
Multistate Nation
nation that stretches across borders and across states
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a supranational organization.
Europe
Birthplace of the modern nation-state; i.e. England and France.
Territory
Area of land controlled by a nation.
autonomous region
A formal region within a state that enjoys limited sovereignty; Similar to devolution.
Nation
Legally, a term encompassing all the citizens of a state. Most definitions now tend to refer to a tightly knit group of people possessing bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes. Such homogeneity actually prevails within very few states.
Section 2
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