Unit 4

Question 1

buffer state

Answer 1

A politically an economically, weak, independent country that lies between the borders of two powers

Question 2

gerrymandering

Answer 2

The manipulation of voting district boundaries to favor a particular party group or election outcome

Question 3

demarcated

Answer 3

Describing how boundaries are set apart to distinguish their limit

Question 4

European Union

Answer 4

A political economical and social union of 28 independent European countries that promote the free movement of people goods services and capital among its members

Question 5

devolution

Answer 5

The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state

Question 6

exclave

Answer 6

Part of a national territory, separated from the main body of the country to which it belongs

Question 7

irredentism

Answer 7

The political claim to territory in another country based on ethnic affiliation and historical borders

Question 8

antecedent boundary

Answer 8

A boundary that was identified before an area was settled

Question 9

reapportionment

Answer 9

The process by which the 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are divided proportion by population among the 50 states following every U.S. census

Question 10

exclusive economic zone

Answer 10

Zone that extends 200 nautical miles from Shoreline, in which coastal states have the sole right to exploit develop manage and conserve all water resources lying beyond the land

Question 11

boundary

Answer 11

A clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits of territory and division between territories

Question 12

frontier

Answer 12

a region at the margins of state control and settlement

Question 13

electoral geography

Answer 13

A subfield of political geography that analyzes the geography of political preferences, and how geography can shape voting outcome

Question 14

geometric boundary

Answer 14

A boundary that has regular often perfectly straight line, drawn without regard for an area of physical or cultural features

Question 14

core states

Answer 14

States that have the most advanced industrial and military tech technologies, complex manufacturing systems, external political power, and the highest levels of wealth and mass consumption

Question 15

nation

Answer 15

A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits, such as language, ethnicity, and religion

Question 16

NAFTA

Answer 16

A 1994 trade agreement between Canada the United States in Mexico

Question 17

peripheral states

Answer 17

States that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focus mostly on agricultural and raw materials in low levels of consumption of manufacturing goods

Question 18

shatterbelt

Answer 18

Region of continuing and persistent fragments due to evolution in central forces

Question 19

United Nation

Answer 19

International organization that is responsible for maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international corporation, and harmonizing the action of nation