Ap Human Geography: Political Geography Vocabulary Answers – Flashcards
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African Union (AU)
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African leaders hoped that by forming this organization integrating the entire continent's political and economic systems, they could reach a level of unity similar to the EU.
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Allocational Boundary Disputes
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Conflict over resources that may not be divided by the border, such as natural gas reserves beneath the soil.
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Choke Point
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narrowing of an international waterway causing marine traffic congestion
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Commonwealth of Independent States
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an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
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Confederation
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a union of political organizations
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Decolonization
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the action of changing from colonial to independent status
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Delimitation
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a line that indicates a boundary
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Demarcation
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the boundary of a specific area
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Devolution
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the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states
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Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
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a zone of exploitation extending 200 nautical miles seaward from a coastal state that has exclusive mineral and fishing rights over it
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Geopolitics
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study of government and its policies as affected by physical geography
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International Organizations
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Groups formed by nation-states to achieve common political, social or economic goals
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Locational Boundary Disputes
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These disputes arise when the definition of the border is not questioned but the interpretation of the border is.
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Median Lines
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lines the divide the hemispheres of the earth
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North America Free Trade Association (NAFTA)
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allows free trade among Canada, Mexico and US, allows corporations to move between US, Canada and Mexico
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Reapportionment
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the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
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Redistricting
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The drawing of a new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.
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Stateless Nation
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A nationality that is not represented by a state.
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State Morphology
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size and shape of a state and what that means in national political life
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Subsequent Boundaries
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Boundary line established after an area has been settled that considers the social and cultural characteristics of the area
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Supranational Organizations
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the collections of individual states with a common goal that may be economic and/or political in nature; such organizations diminish, to some extent, individual state sovereignty in favor of the group interests of the membership
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Territorial Sea
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states' territory extending 12 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.15 statute miles) from the coast (since 1982); regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships (both military and civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below.
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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(1982) International agreement that set rules for the use of the world's oceans use, navigation rights, research, protection of marine environment, including restricting overfishing
