AP Human Geography,Chapter 15 – Flashcards
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Geopolitics
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The study of the interplay between international political relations and the territorial/environmental context in which they occur.
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Organic Theory
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A nation which is an aggregate of organisms would itself function and behave as an organism.
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Heartland Theory
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a geopolitical hypothesis proposed by British geographer Harold Mackinder that states that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain strength to eventually dominate the world.
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Rimland Theory
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Term coined by Nicolas Spykman that refers to the coastal rim of Eurasia, which Spykman says the key to global power.
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Centrifugal Force
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Forces that tend to divide a country.
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Centripetal Force
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Forces that unite and bind a country together.
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Colonialism
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Rule by an autonomous power over a subordinate and alien people and place.
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Core Area
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A term with several connotations. The center, or the heart or focus.
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Mulitcore Area
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Area that posses more than one core or dominant region.
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Federal State
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A political-territorial system wherein a central government represents the various entities within a nation-state where they have comment interest yet allow these various entities to retain their own identities.
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Unitary State
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A state whose three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one single unit.
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Forward Capital
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Capital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory.
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Electoral Geography
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Subfield of geography that deals with various spatial aspects of voting systems, voting behaviors, and voter representation.
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Gerrymander
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Redistricting for advantage.
