Capter 8 Flashcards
redistricting for advantage
gerrymandering
international relations between social, economic and political matters
sovereignty
accumulation of wealth through plunder, colonization, and the protection of home industries and foreign markets
mercantilism
establishing new areas to explains
colonialism
2 waves of colonialism
- started in the 16th century by Portugal and Spain
2. late 1800’s Berlin conference divided interior of Africa into colonies
people, cooperation, and states produce goods and exchange them on the world market, with the goals of achieving profit
capitalism
process of placing a price on a good and then buying, selling, and trading goods
commodification
what was mackinders heartland rimland model
an area rich in resources
northern Russia and eats Europe
power divided between the national government and smaller regional government
federal government
movement of power from the central government to regional governments
devolution
reappointment
when representatives shift due to population change
nation vs. state
a state is more tightly more personal and smaller than a nation
nation-state
a politically organized area in which nation and star occupy the same space
example of nation-state
Transylvania
stateless nation
an ethnic group that does not make a state
an example of starless nations
Arabs, never belonged to a country
multi national states
more than one nation inside it borders
multi nations
a nation that stretches acros borders
core countries
US,Canada, and Japan
periphery countries
Iraq,Zambia, and turkey
unitary government
governed by a single power with a center all government
example of unitary government
Iran, Cuba
majority-minority districts
an electoral district
what is a physical boundary
mountains rivers and body’s of water
