political geography bingo vocab Flashcards
boundary
vertical plane between states that cuts through the rocks below and the airspace above the surface
centrifugal
forces that tend to divide a country
centripetal
forces that tend to unify a country
colonialism
Colonizer takes over another place
core
higher education, higher salaries, and more technology; generate more wealth than periphery
critical geopolitics
Focus on explaining the underlying spatial assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians
democracy
government based on the principle that the people are the ultimate sovereign
deterritorialization
the movement of economic, social and cultural processes out of the hands of states
devolution
the process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength
federal
a central government represents the various entities within a nation-state
geometric boundary
political boundary defined as a straight line or an arc
gerrymandering
manipulate the boundaries of an area so as to favor one party
heartland theory
Political power is based in the heart of Eurasia
majority-minority districts
majority of the population is from the minority ethnicities
mercantilism
Associated with a promotion of commercialism and trade
multinational state
state with more than one nation
multi-state nation
nation with more than one state
nation
encompasses all citizens of a state; bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes
nation-state
A nation with a defined boundary
periphery
lower education, lower salaries, and less technology, and generate less wealth than core
physical-political boundary
political boundary defined by a prominent physical feature
reapportionment
process by which representative districts are switched according to population shifts
reterritorialization
Give back power and territory
semi-periphery
places where core and periphery processes are both occurring places
sovereignty
supreme power or authority; the right to rule
state
defined territory, permanent population, government, recognized by other states
stateless nation
a nation without a state
supranational organization
3 or more nation-states promote shared objectives EX European Union
territorial integrity
the right of a state to defend sovereign territory
territoriality
sense of property or attachment toward its territory; determination to keep it in-voidable and strongly defended
unilateralism
world order in which one state is in a position of dominance
unitary
a nation-state that has a centralized government
world systems theory
social change in the developing world is inextricably linked to the economic activities of the developed world
Political geography
The study of the political organization of the world
Decolonization
First wave focused on the decolonization of the americas and the second wave second wave was focused on decolonization of Africa and Asia
Capitalist world economy
More than the sum of its parts it is composed of dots but we must also understand the whole
Immanuel wallersteins world systems theory
1 the world had one market and a global division of labor
2 everything takes place within the context of the world economy
3 the world economy has a three tier structure
Capitalism
People, corporations, and states produce goods and services and exchange them in the world market with the goal of achieving profit
Geopolitical world order
Temporary periods of stability in how politics are conducted
Electoral geography
A states electoral system is part of its spatial organization of government
Geopolitics
The interplay among geography power politics and international relations
