Chapter 8 - Political Geography

Question 1

Autocracy

Answer 1

a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people

Question 2

City-state

Answer 2

a state made up of a city

Question 3

compact district

Answer 3

local government district where everyone lives very close to each other and far from the borders

Question 4

compact state

Answer 4

distance from the center to any boundry does not vary significantly

Question 5

consequent boundary

Answer 5

separating groups based on religion, language, economics, etc usually preexisting

Question 6

cultural boundary

Answer 6

separating cultures

Question 7

elongated state

Answer 7

a state with a long narrow shape

Question 8

federal state

Answer 8

allocates most powers to units of local gov not central

Question 9

fragmented state

Answer 9

includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

Question 10

Frontier

Answer 10

zone separating two states where neither side has political control

Question 11

Geometric boundary

Answer 11

straight line

Question 12

Gerrymandering

Answer 12

political move where they redraw legislative lines to benefit one party

Question 13

Perforated state

Answer 13

a state that surrounds another state

Question 14

superimposed boundary

Answer 14

put there by a colonized power

Question 15

Unitary state

Answer 15

central go has power not local

Question 16

subsequent boundary

Answer 16

established to reflect a development such as war

Question 17

Functional region

Answer 17

a geographical area organized around a central focal point or “node,” where the surrounding areas are interconnected and share a common social, economic, or political function related to that central point