AP Human Geo Unit 4 Flashcards
What is a:
Nation
(An example of this would be the kurds)
(A large body of … united by … …, history, …/…, inhabiting a particular …/…)
A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture/language, inhabiting a particular country/territory
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What is a:
Nation-State
(An example of this would be Denmark)
(A state whose territory cor… to that occupied by a particular … that has transformed into a …)
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicty that has transformed into a nationality
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What is a:
Stateless Nation
(An example of this would be the Kurds)
(An ethnic group/… that does not possess its own … and is not the majority … in any ……)
An ethnic group/nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state
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What is a:
Multiethnic State
(An example of this would be the US)
A state that contains more than one ethnicity
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What is a:
Multinational State
(an example of this would be Russia)
(a state that contains … or more …… with traditions of …… that agree to … peacefully by … each other as ……)
A state that contains 2 or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities
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What is a:
Multistate Nation
(An example of this would be Korea)
(A … which operates more than … states within its … where people share a common … and live in ……)
A nation which operates more than 1 states within its borders where people share a common characteristic and live in multiple states
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What is an:
Autonomous/Semiautonomous Region
(An example of this would be Hong Kong)
(Sections of a … that have a degree of … in … … and may result because of several …)
Sections of a nation that have a degree of independence in several issues and may result because of several reasons
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What are
Independence Movements
(Russia - The leading one)
(A condition of a person, nation, c…/s… in which its residents and pop…/some portion thereof, exercise …-gov…, and usually …, over the territory)
A condition of a person, nation, country/state in which its residents and population/some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory
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What is:
Devolution
(Yugoslavia - The one balkanizing)
(Occurs when a … … hands increased powers to lower levels of … OR can help lead to … because it can increase the sense that the people in each of the smaller … are different from one another)
Occurs when a unitary governemnt hands increased powers to lower levels of government OR can help lead to balkanization (complete breakdown of a state) because it can increase the sense that the people in each of the smaller regions are different from one another
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What is:
Colonialism and Imperialism
(Africa - The one getting ruled)
(Rule by an … power over a weaker and .foreign … and … .This occurs when a … country conquers and rules over a … region .People may move to the new area and settle there, becoming the … group)
Rule by an independent power over a weaker and foreign people and place. This occurs when a stronger country conquers and rules over a weaker region. People may move to the new area and settle there, becoming the ruling group
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What is:
Neocolonialism
(Neo=New)
(Process of …, powerful, developed … using economic, …, and other informal means to … pressure on the …, less powerful, … states)
Process of rich, powerful, developed states using economic, political, and other informal means to exert pressure on the poor, less powerful, underdeveloped states
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What are:
Choke Points
(An example of this is the Strait of Hormuz)
(A … feature on land such as a …, groge, … or at sea such as a …, which an armed force is forced to …, sometimes on a sub… narrower front and therefore greatly … its combat …, to reach its objective)
A geographical feature on land such as a valley, gorge, bridge, or at sea such as a strait, which an armed force is forced to pass, sometimes on a substantially narrower front and therefore greatly decreasing its combat power, to reach its objective
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What are:
Shatterbelts
(An example of this would be the whole Korea)
(A region whose internal, g…, cultural, reli… and … fragmentation is … (mixed with) by presures from … … powers attracted by the region’s … location and $ resources)
A region whose internal, geographical, cultural, religious, and political fragmentation is compunded (mixed with) by pressures from external major powers attracted by the region’s strategic location and economic resources.
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What is a:
Relic
(An example of this would be the Berlin Wall)
(A political … that no longer exists, but still has some kind of …)
A political boundary that no longer exists, but still has some kind of significance (economic, cultural, etc.)
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What is a:
Superimposed Boundary
(An example of this would be Africa during the Berlin Conference)
(A … that is drawn by …… and tends to ignore existing … of social, …, or ethnic …)
A boundary that is drawn by outside powers and tend to ignore existing boundaries of social, cultural, or ethnic differences
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What is an:
Antecedent Boundary
(An example of this would be the United States and Canada)
(A … that already existed before the …… in that area occured)
A boundary that already existed before the present settlement in that area occured (boundary lines that existed before human cultures created a cultural landscape.)
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What is a:
Subsequent Boundary
(an example of this would be most of Europe)
(A … drawn where people have already … with .. already established. So it … along with the … of the … …)
A boundary drawn where people have already settled with culture already established. So it develops along with the developement of the cultural landscape
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What is a:
Consequent Boundary
(An example of this would be India and Pakistan)
(A … line that concides with some … divide such as …/language and is drawn to … the existing ……)
A boundary line that concides with some cultural divide, such as religion/language and is drawn to accomodate the existing cultural landscape
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What is a:
Geometric Boundary
(An example of this would be North Korea and South Korea)
(… lines drawn on a …, can be … or …)
Straight lines drawn on a map, can be superimposed or antecedent
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What is a:
Physical Boundary
(An example of this would be the mountains between India and China)
(A naturally occuring … between … or more areas including …, rivers, …, desserts, etc.)
A naturally occuring barrier between 2 or more areas including oceans, rivers, mountains, desserts, etc.
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What are:
Voting districts
(Local … area of a larger … in which you vote for rep… to c… .Determined by redis… after the …)
Local geographic area of a larger country in which you vote for representatives to congress. Determined by redistricting after the cenus
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What is:
Redistricting
(Internal po… boundaries are … after a … which deter… voting d… for legislatures)
Internal poilitical boundaries are redrawn after a census (every ten years in the US), which determine voting districts for legislatures (our congress)
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What is:
Gerrymandering
(The … party in power of the state legislature … the districts to give them a par… advantage)
The majority party in power of the state legislature redraws the districts to give them a partisan advantage (to give an advantage to one political party over another)
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What is a:
Unitary State
(A … … … structure)
A strong centralized government structure
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What is a:
Federal State
(A … government …, giving … to … and local …)
A decentralized government structure, giving power to state and local governments
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What is:
Physical Geography
(The … of the …’s surface, including …, animals, …, land formations, etc.)
The natural features of the earth’s surface, including plants, animals, climate, land formations, etc
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What is:
Ethnic Seperatism
(The advocacy of a .. of cultural, …, ethnic, …, religious, … government/gender seperation from the larger …, and is often based more on … and linguistic differences than …/racial differences, which also may exist)
The advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental/gender seperation from the larger group, and is often based more on cultural and linguistic differences than religous/racial differences, which also may exist
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What is:
Ethnic Cleansing
(A process in which a more … ethnic … forcibly … a less … one in order to create an … homogenous region)
A process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogenous region
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What is:
Terrorism
(The … use of violence by a … in order to inti… a population/coerce a … into granting its …s)
The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands
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What are:
Economic Problems
(When poor regions of a … feel disvantaged by … ones. Richer areas of the … can also feel put … by having to provides … to … ones)
When poor regions of a country feel disvantaged by weathier ones. Richer areas of the country can also feel put upon by having to provide subsidies to poorer ones
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What is:
The basis of the Boundary?
- If it’s the interest of outside forces? It’s Superimposed
- If it’s cultural differences? It’s Consequent
- If it’s lines of longitude and latitude? It’s Geometric
- If it’s a physical feature? Then it’s Physical
What are:
Social Problems
(Undesirable … that people believe should be …, or social … that damage society- …, racism, and the …)
Undesirable condition that people believe should be corrected, or social conditions that disrupt/damage society-crime, racism, and the like
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What is:
Irredentism
(An example of this would Russia and Ukraine)
(A … claim based on a na…, ethnic/… basis)
A territorial claim based on a national, ethnic/historial basis
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What is:
Supranationalism
(Examples of this would be The UN, NATO, and the EU)
(When several … form an … to achieve … … and benefits for all the … .These … are often political, …, economic or en…)
When several countries form an organization to achieve common goals and benefits for all the countries. These organizations are often political, military, economic/evironmental
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What is:
Cetrifugal Force
(failed states, uneven development)
Forces that pull countries apart
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What is:
Centripetal Force
(Increased cultural cohesion, ethnonatioalism)
(Forces that bind … together)
Forces that bind countries together
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