human geo unit 4

Question 1

state

Answer 1

politically organized body of people under a single government

a country

Question 2

nation

Answer 2

an ethnic group

Question 3

nation state

Answer 3

country with one ethnic group

Japan

Question 4

stateless nation

Answer 4

an ethnic group without a country

Palestinians

Question 5

multinational state

Answer 5

state with more than one ethnic group

US UK

Question 6

multi state nation

Answer 6

An ethnic group spread across more than one country

Korea

Question 7

automnous region

Answer 7

region that has some independence

Question 8

semi automnous region

Answer 8

area where a group has some type of political autonomy

Question 9

federal governance

Answer 9

shared powers
heterogenous population
decentralized
large countries

Question 10

unitary governanece

Answer 10

small countries
centralized
national gov makes all laws
homogenous populations

Question 11

antecedent boundary

Answer 11

created before present day culural landscape developed

Question 12

consequent boundary

Answer 12

coincides with some cultural divide

Question 13

subsequent boundary

Answer 13

drawn after a cultural lanscape dvelpoed

Question 14

superimposed boundary

Answer 14

forcibly put on a lanscape by outsiders

Question 15

relic boundary

Answer 15

line is still visible but unused

Question 16

geometric boundary

Answer 16

Drawn on a geometirc pattern

Question 17

open borders

Answer 17

cross freely

Question 18

restricted border

Answer 18

passport and or visa

Question 19

Demilitarized zones

Answer 19

no military force or weapons

Question 20

congressional districts

Answer 20

Divided by population and the house of representatives for each state

Question 21

redistricting

Answer 21

the drawing of new electoral boundry lines responding to pop changes

Question 22

gerrymandering

Answer 22

drawing voting lines in order to benefit a certain party or race

Question 23

supernational organizations

Answer 23

economic
political
military
environmental

Question 24

UNCLOS

Answer 24

territorial- 12 meters
contingous- 24 meters
exclusive, economic zone- 200 meters
high seas- the open ocean

Question 25

shatterbelts

Answer 25

regions that are endangered by local conflict within the states or between countries

Question 26

choke points

Answer 26

geographic locations where the flow of people and goods can be constricted and choked off in the event of a conflict

Question 27

devolution

Answer 27

the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities

Question 28

centrifugal

Answer 28

pull apart
lack of infastructure
territorial disputes
ecenomic inequalities

Question 29

centripital

Answer 29

bring together
bind a country together
shared language
shared history
shared religion
unified against a common enemy

Question 30

characteristics of a state

Answer 30

have a government
recognized by other countries
permanent population