Political Organization of Space Pt. 2

Question 1

Citizens of a country who have voting rights

Answer 1

Electorate

Question 2

The idea that if one land in a region came under the influence of Communists, then more would follow in a domino effect

Answer 2

Domino Theory

Question 3

The forced removal of a minority group from a territory

Answer 3

Ethnic Cleansing

Question 4

System of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various contituent units of the country

Answer 4

Federal State

Question 5

Mass, organized killing, in which people are targeted because of their race, religion, ethnicity, or nationality

Answer 5

Genocide

Question 6

The study of the effects of geography on politics and relations among states

Answer 6

Geopolitics

Question 7

The drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party or group in power to extent or cement their advantage

Answer 7

Gerrymandering

Question 8

The integration of markets, states, communication, and trade on a worldwide scale

Answer 8

Globalization

Question 9

Argues that land based power is essential in global domination

Answer 9

Heartland Theory

Question 10

Includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people, by direct conquest, by economic control, or by cultural dominance

Answer 10

Imperialism

Question 11

Occurs when one country seeks to annex territory in another because it has ties to part of the population that lives there

Answer 11

Irredentism

Question 12

A country that contains more than one nation

Answer 12

Multinational State

Question 13

A group of people who have certain things in common

Answer 13

Nation

Question 14

A nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own

Answer 14

Nationalism

Question 15

A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

Answer 15

Nation-state

Question 16

Control over countries was exerted through indirect means, whether economic, political and even cultural power

Answer 16

Neocolonialism

Question 17

Argues that states are born and need nourishment

Answer 17

Organic Theory

Question 18

Changing the number of representatives granted each state so it reflects the states population

Answer 18

Reapportionment

Question 19

Legislatures redraw district boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same number of people

Answer 19

Redistricting

Question 20

Argues that power is derived from controlling strategic maritime ares of the world

Answer 20

Rimland Theory

Question 21

A region that suffers instability because it is located between two very different regions

Answer 21

Shatterbelt

Question 22

The power of a political unit to rule over its own affairs

Answer 22

Sovereignty

Question 23

The largest political unit, the formal term for a country

Answer 23

State

Question 24

Cultural groups that have no political identity

Answer 24

Stateless Nation

Question 25

Occurs when multiple countries form an organization to collectively achieve greater benefits for all members

Answer 25

Supranational Organizations

Question 26

A willingness by one person or a group of people to defend the space they claim

Answer 26

Territoriality

Question 27

Organized violence aimed at government and civilian targets that is intended to create fear in furtherance of political aims

Answer 27

Terrorism

Question 28

Held primarily by the central government with very little power given to local governments, no hierarchy of sovereign powers, few cultural differences and small minorites

Answer 28

Unitary State