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chapter 8: political geography Flashcards

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political geography

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study on how and why political spaces emerge & how they effect social, political, economic, and environmental understandings and practices

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state

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a politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international community

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territoriality

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sense of property and attachment to territory → determination to defend it

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sovereignty

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final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states

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territorial integrity

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the right of a state to defend sovereign territory against incursion from other states

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mercantilism

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promotion of commercialism & trade

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peace of westphalia

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negotiated in 1648 to end 30 years war
recognized statehood & nationhood, clearly defined borders, and guarantees of security

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nation

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term encompassing all the citizens of a state; tightly knit group of people who bond over language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes

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nation-state

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a recognized member of the modern state system possessing formal sovereignty where everyone sees themselves as a united nation
the goal for many countries but not common
desire of government → stability in society but cancels out other forms of identity (only nationalism) → can lead to focus on race → “pure/superior race”

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democracy

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government based on the principles that the people have final say over what happens within the state

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multinational state

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state where there is more than one nation in its borders
ex. former yugoslavia

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multistate nation

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nation that stretches across state borders
ex. transylvania (romania & hungary)

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stateless nation

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nation that does not have a state
ex.palestine, kurdistan

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colonialism

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rule by an autonomous power iver a subordinate and alien people and place

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world-systems theory

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Immanuel Wallerstein → three tier structure
social change is linked to economic activities

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capitalism

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economic model wherein people. corporations, and states produce goods and exchange them on the world market to get profit

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commodiication

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where something that did not have monetary value is now given monetary value

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core

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states that incorporate higher levels of education, salaries, and more technology
these states generate the most wealth in the 3 tier system

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periphery

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states that incorporate lower levels of education, lower salaries, and less technology; generate least wealth

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semiperiphery

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places where the core & periphery processes are both occurring; places that are exploited by the core but exploit the periphery

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centripetal

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forces that UNIFY a country
ex. commitment to natl culture, shared ideological objectives, and common faith

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centrifugal

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forces that DIVIDE a country
ex. religious, linguistic, ethnic, or ideological differences

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unitary

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a nation-state that has a centralized gov & administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state
→ minority groups get suppressed

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federal

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political territory where a central gov represents regions
common interests: defense, foreign affairs, etc
→ state rights v fed gov

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devolution

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where regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central gov

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territorial representation

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system wherein each representative is elected from a territorially defined district

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reapportionment

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representative districts are switched according to population shifts

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splitting

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where majority-minority districts are spread evenly across each if the districts, ensuring control by the majority of each of the districts

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majority-minority districts

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district where the majority of the population is part of a minority

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gerrymandering

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redistricting for an advantage

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boundary

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vertical plane between states that cuts through the rocks below and the airspace above

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geometric boundary

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political boundary defined and delimited as a straight line or arc

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physical-political boundary

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political boundary defined and delimited by a prominent feature in the natural landscape

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heartland theory

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Halford Mackinder → any political power based in the heart of eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world

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critical geopolitics

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where geopoliticians focus on explaining the underlying spatial assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians

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unilateralism

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world order in which one state is in a position of dominance with allies

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supranational organization

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a venture involving 3+ nation-states → political, economic, cultural cooperation

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deterritorialization

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the movement of economic, social, and cultural processes out of the hands of states

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reterritorialization

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when people within a place start to produce an aspect of pop culture but make it their own

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sack

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boundaries are not instinct, they depend on context, for military and political control

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ardey

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boundaries are instinctual, animals have always controlled and defended their own land

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nation-state: french revolution & nationalism

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people: loyal& belief in nation
state: → depends on relations with other countries + national identities can lead to bigotry, racism, & genocide

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19th century goals

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unity as a “national whole” FR & SP
bring together a shared culture GER
separate from dominating group IRE NOR POL ITY

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capitalism: world = 1 market

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when one country goes down, all go down bc of connectedness
(global division of labor)

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4 Ds to establishing boundaries

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Define
Delimit
Demarcate
aDministrate

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define

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write down where the boundary lies (longitude & latitude) on a legal document that is signed

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delimit

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drawing a line on a map

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demarcate

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physically define boundary
ex. signs, fence, wall, posts

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administrate

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maintain & patrol border with cooperation between both states

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disputes over borders

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  1. legal language of definition of border
  2. location / interpretation of demarcation + over cultural points
  3. operation of border (migration control + smuggling)
  4. allocation of resources (water & oil)
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peaceful ethnocultural devolution

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czechoslovakia → czech republic & slovakia
lithuania, latvia, estonia breakaway from russia

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conflict ethnocultural devolution

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yugoslavia (serbians & bosnians): ethnic cleansing, war, violence
sudan (N&S): ethnic cleansing, religious + ethnically motivated
srilanka (buddhist shinhalese & hindu tamil): civil war
china (muslim uighurs & buddhist tibetans)

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economic devolution

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Brazil: pampas (S WEALTHY) &Amazonia (N POOR)
Spain: catalonia (majority of exports originate from)
Italy: N wealth tall & pale S poor short & dark

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spatial devolution

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remoteness from main gov
corsica & sardina
puerto rico & US
zanzibar & tanzinia
Jolo & philippines
singapore & malaysia

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analyzation of space and voting

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church affiliation, income, ethnicity, education, socioeconomic factors affect voting patterns

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porupt state shape

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an area of the state protrudes from the central region ex. thailand

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perforated

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states that are encompassed by another state

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compact

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distance from center does not vary

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elongated

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the state extends in two opposite directions

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fragmented

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states with two or more fragmented pieces

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boundary typed

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antecedent: predates development of political communities
subsequent: evolves with cultural landscape
superimposed: drawn by outsiders
relict: border that no longer functions

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