AP HUMAN GEO UNIT 4

Question 1

nation

Answer 1

population with a single culture

Question 2

state

Answer 2

population under a single government

Question 3

nation - state

Answer 3

single culture under a single government

Question 4

sovereignty

Answer 4

state is fully independent from outside control (POWER)

Question 5

stateless nations

Answer 5

where a state political process excludes or denies a cultural group’s participation or representation

Question 6

what do stateless nations lack

Answer 6

they lack…
- control over their political boundaries
- a government with sovereign authority
- control over internal and external affairs
- recognition from other states

Question 7

autonomous regions

Answer 7

has a high degree of independence or freedom from the state

Question 8

semi - autonomous

Answer 8

have same freedom but a lesser degree

(ex. hong kong)

Question 9

supeanationalism

Answer 9

concept of two or more sovereign states aligned together for a common purpose

Question 10

free - trade union

Answer 10

no taxes or tariffs are charged on goods and services that cross the internal borders if the EU

Question 11

what are some issues of the EU

Answer 11

• cost of EU governance has significantly increased the cost of many items in Europe
• open borders made it hard to locate crime and terrorism

Question 12

demilitation process

Answer 12

borders are put on the map

Question 13

demarcation process

Answer 13

marking placed on the ground to show where borders lie

Question 14

self - determination

Answer 14

ability for a state to decide its future

Question 15

balkanization

Answer 15

country splits into smaller countries

Question 16

imperialism

Answer 16

creating an empire to control other nations

Question 17

colonliasm

Answer 17

control by one power over a dependent area or people

Question 18

devolution

Answer 18

breakup of a state into smaller units or passing of power from central to lower government

Question 19

neo - colonialism

Answer 19

developed countries exert economic power over developing countries

Question 20

shatterbelts

Answer 20

regions that suffer instability because two powers do not get along

Question 21

relic boundary

Answer 21

boundary that no longer exist but holds some kind of evidence it did before

Question 22

superimposed boundary

Answer 22

boundary drawn outside powers and tend to ignore existing boundaries

Question 23

antecedent boundary

Answer 23

boundaries drawn before people lived in it

Question 24

geometric boundary

Answer 24

forms a straight line

Question 25

subsequent boundary

Answer 25

drawn where people already settled with cultures already established

Question 26

consequent boundary

Answer 26

drawn to accommodate existing differences

Question 27

definitional (positional)

Answer 27

conflict over interpretation of documents defining a boundary

Question 28

locational (territorial)

Answer 28

conflicts between states/regions over the ownership of a given area

Question 29

operational (functional)

Answer 29

conflict over national policies applied at the border

Question 30

allocational (resources)

Answer 30

conflict w the use of resources created by a boundary

Question 31

irredentism

Answer 31

movement by a minority ethnic group to break off from a country and form their own separate state.

Question 32

centrifugal forces

Answer 32

pulls countries apart

Question 33

what are some centrifugal forces and what can it lead to?

Answer 33

forces
- diversity
- economic inequality
- lack infrastructure

can lead to..
- uneven development
- stateless nations

Question 34

centripetal forces

Answer 34

binds something or a government together

Question 35

what are some centripetal forces and what can it lead to?

Answer 35

forces
- strong national government
- common language/religion
- economic development

can lead to…
- ethnonationalism
- increase cultural diversity

Question 36

devolution

Answer 36

transfer of political power from central government to lower levels of government

Question 37

what are some factors that lead to devolution?

Answer 37

• uneven development or distribution of natural resources
• richer areas support poorer ones