Chapter 8: Political Geography Flashcards
State
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.
- Sovereignty
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
Microstates
States with very small land areas.
- United Nations
International peacekeeping organization after world war 2.
League of Nations
An attempt of an international organization before world war 2 and was a cause of it.
- Kim Il Sung
Kim Il-sung was the supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly referred to as North Korea, for 46 years, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994
38th Parallel
The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
- Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek, also romanized as Jiang Jieshi and known as Jiang Zhongzheng, was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People’s Republic of China
- City-State
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Nation-state
a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
- Self determination
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government
Isaiah Bowman
Isaiah Bowman, AB, Ph. D. was an American geographer and President of the Johns Hopkins University, 1935-1948
- Multiethnic State
A state that contains more than one ethnicity
Multinational State
State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities
- Colonialism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically
Boundary
a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.
- Frontier
the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement
International Boundary and Water Commission
Established in 1889, the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) has responsibility for applying the boundary and water treaties between the United States and Mexico and settling differences that may arise in their application
- Elongated States
A state that is long and narrow
Compact state
A state that is small and centralized.
- Prorupted States
A state that has a long extension.
Perforated state
A state that completely surrounds another one.
- Fragmented state.
A state that has several discontinuations that are separated from each other.
