Unit 4

Question 1

Territoriality

Answer 1

Exercising control over the area

Question 2

Neocolonialism

Answer 2

One country exercising economic influence over another nation

Question 3

Shatterbelts

Answer 3

Instability within a region located between states with overlapping political power

Question 4

Choke points

Answer 4

Strategic straits or canals that are difficult to pass through

Question 5

Antecedent boundaries

Answer 5

Boundaries established before major Human settlement

Question 6

Subsequent boundaries

Answer 6

Boundaries drawn after people have settled in a location due to changes over time

Question 7

Consequent boundaries

Answer 7

Boundaries drawn with respect to existing cultures

Question 8

Superimposed

Answer 8

Borders drawn by an outside force

Question 9

Geometric boundaries

Answer 9

Borders established on straight lines instead of physical/cultural boundaries

Question 10

Relic boundary

Answer 10

Borders that no longer exist, but still have some cultural influence

Question 11

What does Territorial seas mean

Answer 11

States have complete sovreignty 12 nautical miles off of their coast

Question 12

how far does a nation’s EEZ go out

Answer 12

200 nautical miles

Question 13

Gerrymandering

Answer 13

Manipulating congressional districts to gain votes

Question 14

Federal form of government

Answer 14

Power is shared between national, state, and local governments

Question 15

Unitary government

Answer 15

Most of the power is located centrally

Question 16

Devolution

Answer 16

Giving power to an area at the expense of the central government

Question 17

Ethnonationalism

Answer 17

When the people identify more with their region rather than their state