AP Human Geography Unit 4 terms Answers – Flashcards
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Political Geography
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spacial analysis of the political process
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Political Culture
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the values shared by one society
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Nation
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organized body of humanes in one group and under one goverment
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Nation-State
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A country
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State
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territory organized by a nation
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Microstate
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a state or territory that is very small
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Nationalism
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those howm share the ability to love and die for a country
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Sovereignty
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government free from external control
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Boundary
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lune that indicates the limit of something
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Boundary Definition
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The written legal description of a boundary between two countries or territories.
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Boundary Delimitation
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the process of putting a boundary on a map
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Boundary Demarcation
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The actual placing of a political boundary on the landscape by means of barriers, fences, walls, or other markers.
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Enclaves
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country that is surrounded by another territory
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Exclave
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a part of a country that is seperated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory.
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Geometric Boundary
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a political boundary that is delimitated by a straight line
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Physical Political Boundary
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a boundary defined by a physical landmark
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Cultural Political Boundary
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a boundary that has been marked by a humane
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Antecedent Boundary
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a boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area
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Subsequent Boundary
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a boundary that developed with the evolution of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes
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Superimposed Boundary
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a boundary that has been imposed on to another land ignoring the other
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Relict Boundary
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A political boundary that has ceased to function but the imprint of which can still be detected on the cultural landscape
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Geopolitics
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study of government and its policies as affected by physical geography
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Organic Theory
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The view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include all stages of life
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Heartland Theory
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hypothesis proposed by Halford Mackinder that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to domnate the world
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Rimland Theory
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Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provide the base for world conquest
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Centrifugal
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things that force something to move away from a area
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Centripetal Force
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things that cause or force something to move to an area
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Colonialism
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exploiting a smaller country than yours for your own reasons
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Core Area
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the portion of a country that contains its economic, political, intellectual, and cultural focus.
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Multicore Area
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A state that possesses more than one core or dominant region, be it economic, political or cultural.
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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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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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Foward Capital
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when the capitals in middle of goverment
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Electoral Geography
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The study of the geographical elements of the organization and results of elections.
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Gerrymander
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dividing a voting area to give your own party an unfair advantage
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Supranationalism
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Term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit and achievement of shared objectives
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Law Of The Sea
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law stating that any land within a certain distance, be it either water or sky
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Truman Proclamation
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Policy of the United States With Respect to the Natural Resources of the Subsoil and Sea Bed of the Continental Shelf
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Median Line Principle
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lines made to distribute water ways when states are within 200 miles of each other
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International Sanctions
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Punishments in the form of economic and diplomatic limits, or even isolation
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Exclusive Economic Zone
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area in which resources found up to 200 nautical miles offshore belong exclusively to the geographically bordering country
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Globalization
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growing on a global or world-wide scale
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Devolution
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moving from high to low amount of influentle power or standard of living
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New World Order
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period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world politics effecting the balance of power
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Ethnonationalism
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The identification and loyalty a person may feel for his or her nation.
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Gateway State
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a state that absorbes the culture and traditions of it's neighbors
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Colonies
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territories controlled by other countries
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Territories
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land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government
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Stateless nation
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A nationality that is not represented by a state.
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Nationalism
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the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
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Quasi states ('statelets')
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Areas that want to become their own state
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Shatterbelts
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zones of great cultural complexity with small cultural groups who find refuge in the isolation created by rough terrain
