4.3 Political power Flashcards
Neocolonialism
Indirectly influencing/controlling peripheral states
Peripheral states
Staates that are focused on agriculture, relatively less industrial development
Core states
States that have the most advanced technology and have external political power
Shatterbelt
A region that is consistently fragmented due to centrifugal forces (usually these regions are rich with resources)
Chokepoints
A narrow passage that restricts traffic to another region
Strait
A narrow Jody of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Boundary
A clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits of a territory and divisions between territories
Median line principle
An approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the line between two places
Borderland
A region straddling both sides of a boundary where cultures then overlap and blend
Frontier
A region at the margins of state control and settlement
Exclave
Part of a national territory but separated from the country it belongs to.
Enclave
A territory that is surround by a country but not ruled by it like Lesotho
Four peripheral states
Madagascar
Sri Lanka
Moldova
Guatemala
Four core states
Australia
Sweden
USA
Japan
Examples of choke points
Suez Canal
Strait of malacca
Strait of homoruz
