HUG vocab chap 8 Flashcards
territoriality
creating ownership over defined space
centripetal force
force that tends to unify people
centrifugal force
force that tends to pull people apart
political geography
study of human political organization of the earth at various geography scales
stateless nation
when a nation doesn’t have a state to call it’s own
multi state nation
nation that stretches across multiples states
state
area organized into political unit and ruled by established government
microstates
states with very small land area
sovereignty
independence from control of internal affairs (a country’s right to govern themselves)
city state
sovereign state that comprises a town and surrounding country side
nation
large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics or shared history
nation state
state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a certain nation
self determination
nations/ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
multinational state
state that contains multiple nations
colony
territory that is legally tied to sovereign state rather than being completely independent
colonialism
effort by 1 country to establish settlements in a territory and impose political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory
democracy
citizens elect leaders and can run for office
anocracy
not fully democratic or democratic, a mix of both
unitary state
most power placed in hands of central gov officials
autocracy
run according to interests of ruler rather than the people
federal state
strong power placed in hands of regional gov officials
irredentism
movement by nation to reunite its people when they have spread across other borders
shatterbelt
when a state/region is caught between stronger colliding external cultural/political forces, under persistent stress and fragmented by aggressive rivals
weapons of mass destruction
nuclear, biological, chemical or other weapon that can kill/harm large number of humans or structures
supranational organization
alliance between multiple states working towards common goal
devolution
transfer of political power from central gov to regional gov within a state
balkanization
centrifugal forces break apart a state into smaller pieces along ethnic/cultural lines
terrorism
threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by nonstate actor to attain goal through fear
boundary
invisible line that marks extent of state territory
frontier
tangible geographic area between states where no state exercises complete political control
gerrymandering
redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit party in power
UNCLOS
defines rights and responsibilities of countries to use oceans and manage marine resources
fragile states index
measures vulnerability of states to collapse based on security threats, economic decline, human rights violations, and social unrest
reapportionment
congressional districts redrawn and seats are redistributed around states in House every 10 years
