AP Human Geo – POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY – Flashcards
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balance of power
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distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong
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Berlin Conference
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A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa
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boundary
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invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
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capital
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An economic system based on private ownership of capital
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city-state
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A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
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Civil divisions
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Governmental divisions that divide citizens
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colonialism
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Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
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colony
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A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
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compact state
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A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.
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CORE
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Congress of Racial Equality
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democratization
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A process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one.
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devolution
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An effort to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic programs from Washington to the states
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elongated state
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A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape.
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EEZ
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Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources.
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fragmented state
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A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.
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federal state
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An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
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frontier
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A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.
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high seas
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Areas of seas considered beyond territorial waters.
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gerrymander
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Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
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imperialism
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A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.
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irredentism
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The policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself territory inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country but that lies within a neighboring state.
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landlocked state
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A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.
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microstate
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A state or territory that is small in both size and population.
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multinational state
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State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
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perforated state
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a state that completely surrounds another one
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prorupted state
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an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
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sovereignty
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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
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state
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A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority
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stateless nation
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A nationality that is not represented by a state.
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territorial waters
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the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
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territoriality
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In political geography, a country's or more local community's sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended.
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terrorism
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Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda by creating panic among an enemy population
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unitary state
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An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
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supranational organizations
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Organization of three or more states to promote shared objectives.
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UNCLOS
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: a code of maritime law approved by the UN in 1982 that authorizes, among other provisions, territorial waters extending 12 nautical miles from shore and 200 nautical mile wide exclusive economic zones.
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United Nations
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An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
