unit 4 exam Flashcards
which type of boundary runs along differences in ethnicity
cultural boundary
which type of boundary is an officially drawn dividing line between nations, states, and cities?
political boundary
which type of boundary is a naturally occurring divide between two areas?
physical boundary
which yale university professor has been instrumental in drawing attention to the importance of the rimland?
Nicholas John Spykman
what is a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types
anocracy
the ability to control the behavior of people and or influence the outcome of events is called?
cognitive control
the view in which the state is perceived as a natural organism, of which the individual is a connected part is called?
anthropocentrism
behaviors or actions that states demonstrate to keep competing states away from a specific region is called?
territoriality
what is a state that is an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government?
federal
what do cultural boundaries follow?
distribution of cultural feautures
NATO currently has how many member countries?
30
what kind of state is much longer in one direction than the other?
elongated state
originally NATO had how many member?
12
what kind of state is a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory?
fragmented state
As a part of the mutual defense pact, members of NATO agreed on what
prevent the soviet union from overrunning west germany
what kind of state does not have a direct outlet to sea
landlock state
what makes a state different from a kingdom
nation-state must have a shared identity, physical boarders, and a single government.
what kind of state is completely surrounded by another
perforated state
a nation-state is a system that organizes people around what
self-rule
what kind of state encompasses a very small land area
microstate
what kind of state is an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
prorupted state
what kind of state is an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
unitary state
what are the two types of terrorism
Domestic and International
what is an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
colonialism
