Political Organization of Space Pt. 1 Flashcards
A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state.
Autonomous Region
The process of legally adding territory to a city
Annexation
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
Berlin Conference
Centripetal Forces
A force that brings things or people together
Forces that pull away from the center
Centrifugal Forces
A period of diplomatic, political, and military rivalry between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)
Cold War
A boundary established by a legal document such as a treaty that divides one entity from another.
Defined Boundary
A line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space
Delimited Boundary
A boundary identified by physical objects placed on the landscape
Demarcated Boundary
A boundary based on physical features to separate entities.
Natural Boundary
A boundary that is a straight line drawn by people that does not follow any physical features closely
Geometric Boundary
A boundary that is based on human traits or behavior
Cultural Boundary
A boundary drawn before a large population was present
Antecedent Boundary
A boundary drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic, linguistic, or economic differences
Subsequent Boundary
A boundary that no longer exists, but evidence of it still exists on the landscape
Relic Boundary
A boundary drawn by outside powers
Superimposed Boundary
A boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing and movement.
Militarized Boundary
A boundary where crossing is unimpeded
Open Boundary
Occurs when two or more parties disagree over how to interpret the legal documents or maps that identify the boundary.
Definitional Boundary Dispute
Boundary disputes that center on where a boundary should be
Locational Boundary Dispute
Disagreement occurs not on where a boundary should be, but how it functions
Operational Boundary Dispute
When a boundary separates natural resources that may be used by both countries
Allocational Boundary Dispute
The systematic way that water boundaries were addressed
“The United Nations Convention of the ‘Law of the Sea’”
A disagreement that occurs over where a boundary is placed
Boundary Dispute
A relatively small country situated between two larger powers
Buffer State
A count of the population
Census
A small sovereign state that is made up of a town or city and the surrounding area
City-state
A particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country
Colonialism
A group of people who inhabit a foreign territory but maintain ties to their parent country
Colony
A state that’s distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Compact State
A form of an international organization that brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose
Confederation
The center of economic, political, and/or cultral power withing a given territorial entity
Core Region
When a colony earns independence
Decolonization
The transition from autocratic to more representative forms of politics
Democratization
The transfer of political power from the central government to subnational levels of government, mostly follows regional lines
Devolution
Demilitarized Zone
DMZ
