Political Organization of Space Pt. 1

Question 1

A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state.

Answer 1

Autonomous Region

Question 2

The process of legally adding territory to a city

Answer 2

Annexation

Question 3

In 1884 and 1885, representatives from the major empires of Europe met in the German capital of Berlin to lay out claims made on the continent of Africa

Answer 3

Berlin Conference

Question 4

Centripetal Forces

Answer 4

A force that brings things or people together

Question 5

Forces that pull away from the center

Answer 5

Centrifugal Forces

Question 6

A period of diplomatic, political, and military rivalry between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)

Answer 6

Cold War

Question 7

A boundary established by a legal document such as a treaty that divides one entity from another.

Answer 7

Defined Boundary

Question 8

A line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space

Answer 8

Delimited Boundary

Question 9

A boundary identified by physical objects placed on the landscape

Answer 9

Demarcated Boundary

Question 10

A boundary based on physical features to separate entities.

Answer 10

Natural Boundary

Question 11

A boundary that is a straight line drawn by people that does not follow any physical features closely

Answer 11

Geometric Boundary

Question 12

A boundary that is based on human traits or behavior

Answer 12

Cultural Boundary

Question 13

A boundary drawn before a large population was present

Answer 13

Antecedent Boundary

Question 14

A boundary drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic, linguistic, or economic differences

Answer 14

Subsequent Boundary

Question 15

A boundary that no longer exists, but evidence of it still exists on the landscape

Answer 15

Relic Boundary

Question 16

A boundary drawn by outside powers

Answer 16

Superimposed Boundary

Question 17

A boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing and movement.

Answer 17

Militarized Boundary

Question 18

A boundary where crossing is unimpeded

Answer 18

Open Boundary

Question 19

Occurs when two or more parties disagree over how to interpret the legal documents or maps that identify the boundary.

Answer 19

Definitional Boundary Dispute

Question 20

Boundary disputes that center on where a boundary should be

Answer 20

Locational Boundary Dispute

Question 21

Disagreement occurs not on where a boundary should be, but how it functions

Answer 21

Operational Boundary Dispute

Question 22

When a boundary separates natural resources that may be used by both countries

Answer 22

Allocational Boundary Dispute

Question 23

The systematic way that water boundaries were addressed

Answer 23

“The United Nations Convention of the ‘Law of the Sea’”

Question 24

A disagreement that occurs over where a boundary is placed

Answer 24

Boundary Dispute

Question 25

A relatively small country situated between two larger powers

Answer 25

Buffer State

Question 26

A count of the population

Answer 26

Census

Question 27

A small sovereign state that is made up of a town or city and the surrounding area

Answer 27

City-state

Question 28

A particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country

Answer 28

Colonialism

Question 29

A group of people who inhabit a foreign territory but maintain ties to their parent country

Answer 29

Colony

Question 30

A state that’s distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly

Answer 30

Compact State

Question 31

A form of an international organization that brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose

Answer 31

Confederation

Question 32

The center of economic, political, and/or cultral power withing a given territorial entity

Answer 32

Core Region

Question 33

When a colony earns independence

Answer 33

Decolonization

Question 34

The transition from autocratic to more representative forms of politics

Answer 34

Democratization

Question 35

The transfer of political power from the central government to subnational levels of government, mostly follows regional lines

Answer 35

Devolution

Question 36

Demilitarized Zone

Answer 36

DMZ