AP Human Geography Political Geo – Flashcards
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Autonomous region
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Region with freedom from eternal authority
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Balance of power
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An equilibrium of power between nations
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Berlin conference
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A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules of colonization of Africa
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Border/boundary
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A line marking the limits of an area
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Centrifugal force
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Force that pull a state apart
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Centripetal force
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Forced that unite a state
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City-state
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A city that with its surrounding territory forms a state
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Colonialism
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Movement of people to a new place leaving settlers to claim a territory
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Compact state
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A state in which the distance from the center to a boundary does not vary significantly
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Core
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Rich, high wages, many products, import raw materials, export manufactured, favorable trade balance, build up capital and invest in home country, trade with other core countries
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Democratizations
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Transition to a more democratic political regime
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Devolution
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Transfer of power to a lower level by government
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Elongated state
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A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape
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Fragmented state
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A state including several discontinuous pieces of territory
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Federalism
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System of gov in which power is divided between a national and regional govs.
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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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Gerrymander
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Redistricting for advantage--- redistribute to give a political party a majority vote
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Heartland theory
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1904--- sir halford mackinder--- whoever controls the heartland controls the world island ex: northern Asia and Russia control heartland so control Asia Europe and Africa
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Imperialism
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Extend a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
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Irredentism
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A movement to reclaim and reoccupy a homeland
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Landlocked state
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State not surrounded by water
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LDC
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Least developed country
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MDC
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Most developed country
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Microstate
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States with very small land area
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Multinational state
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A state with more than one nation
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Multistate nation
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A nation with more than one state
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Perforated state
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State completely surrounding another Ex. South Africa surrounds Lesotho
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Periphery
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Poorer, limited products, limited technology, lower wages, depend on core for manufactured goods, root of global conflict
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Prorupted state
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Long extension or arm of territory Ex. Thailand
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Sovereignty
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Supreme power or authority
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Soviet union
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Former nation in Eastern Europe and northern Asia capital--- Moscow
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State
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Politically organized territory with permanent population, defined territory and a gov recognized by other states
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Stateless nation
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A nation without a state
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Semiperiphery
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Between core and periphery--- dependent on core but periphery countries depend upon them
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Territorial waters
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Water sunder jurisdiction of a state especially sea within stated distance from shore
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Territoriality
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The idea of people taking a piece of land and saying it is theirs
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Unitary state
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Power in hands of one central government
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Supranational organization
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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 International agreement on governance of worlds oceans
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United Nations
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International organization working on economic and social development programs and human rights and resolving global conflicts
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Nation
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Culturally defined group of people with shared past and common future who relate to a territory and have political goals
