4.3 Flashcards
neocolonialism
the set of economic and political strategies by which wealthy and powerful countries indirectly maintain and extend their influence over less wealthy areas
peripheral states
states that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focused mostly on agriculture and raw materials, and low levels of consumption of manufactured goods
core states
states that have the most advancement in industrial and military technologies, complex manufacturing systems, external political power, and the highest levels of wealth and mass consumption
shatterbelts
regions of continuing and persistent fragmentation due to the devolution and centrifugal forces
choke points
a narrow passage that restricts traffic to another region
examples of shatterbelts
eastern Europe, Middle East, Sudan, Korea, vietnam
boundary
a clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits and divisions between territories, often called border.
median line principal
an approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the midpoint between 2 places
borderland
a region straddling both sides of an international boundary where national cultures overlap and blend to varying degrees
frontier
a region at the margins of state control and settlement
enclave
a territory surrounded by a country but not ruled by it
examples of enclave
Vatican city, Lesotho
exclave
part of national territory separated from the main body of the country to which it belongs
examples of exclave
Hawaii and Alaska
wallerstein world systems theory
claims that rich core countries succeed by exploiting poorer peripheral ones
