Unit 4 - Political Organization of Space

Question 1

The largest political unit– the formal term for a country

Answer 1

state

Question 2

The power of a political unit to rule its own affairs

Answer 2

sovereignty

Question 3

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

Answer 3

nation-state

Question 4

A country that contains more than one nation

Answer 4

multinational state

Question 5

A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state

Answer 5

autonomous state

Question 6

Nations that do not have a state of its own

Answer 6

stateless nation

Question 7

A nation that has a state of its own but stretches across the borders of other states

Answer 7

multistate nation

Question 8

A nations desire to create and maintain a state of their own

Answer 8

nationalism

Question 9

Something that brings a state together

Answer 9

centripetal forces

Question 10

Something that tears a state apart

Answer 10

centrifugal forces

Question 11

A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Answer 11

imperialism

Question 12

a type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country

Answer 12

colonialism

Question 13

A conference to form state boundaries in Africa

Answer 13

Berlin Conference, 1884

Question 14

When colonies win independence

Answer 14

decolonization

Question 15

Neo-colonialism is the practice of using capitalism, globalization, and cultural imperialism to influence a developing country instead of the previous colonial methods of direct military control or indirect political control.

Answer 15

neo-colonization

Question 16

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

Answer 16

genocide

Question 17

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

Answer 17

Cold War

Question 18

a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country.

Answer 18

satellite state

Question 19

The forced removal of minority group from a territory

Answer 19

ethnic cleansing

Question 20

politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors.

Answer 20

geopolitics

Question 21

how people use space to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas and possessions.

Answer 21

territoriality

Question 22

A theory thought of by Friedrich Ratzel. “Political entities seek nourishment by gaining territories to survive the same way a living organism seeks nourishment from food to survive.”

Answer 22

Organic Theory

Question 23

a geopolitical concept that analyzes the political and economic success of the world’s regions by geography.

Answer 23

Heartland Theory

Question 24

A political theory that holds that control of Eurasia and Africa (the World Island) is achieved via control of the countries bordering the Soviet Union.

Answer 24

Rimland Theory

Question 25

established by legal documents

Answer 25

defined boundary

Question 26

the actual placing of a political boundary of the landscape by means of barriers, fences, walls, or other markers.

Answer 26

delimited boundary

Question 27

identified by physical objects placed on the landscape

Answer 27

demarcated boundary

Question 28

The boundary of a region that marks the beginning of a boundary line. Usually, it is formed naturally and it might be something like a river, mountain range, or an ocean.

Answer 28

natural boundary

Question 29

a boundary that is one that is formed by arcs or straight lines irrespective of the physical and cultural features of the land it passes through.

Answer 29

geometric boundary

Question 30

defines a geographic area where a group of people share the same cultural practices and traditions. These aspects could include language, ethnicity, and religion.

Answer 30

cultural boundary

Question 31

a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area.

Answer 31

antecedent boundary

Question 32

a political boundary that developed contemporaneously with the evolution of the major elements of the cultural landscape through which it passes.

Answer 32

subsequent boundary

Question 33

A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape. It no longer exists as an international boundary.

Answer 33

relic boundary

Question 34

a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power.

Answer 34

superimposed boundary

Question 35

heavily fortified boundaries that discourage the crossing of traffic, people, and/or information

Answer 35

militarized boundary

Question 36

the drawing of boundaries for political districts

Answer 36

gerrymandering

Question 37

the boundary that doesn't completely enclose the domain but lets it extend to infinity in at least one direction

Answer 37

open boundary

Question 38

a policy of advocating the restoration to a country of any territory formerly belonging to it

Answer 38

irredentism

Question 39

the legal composition of the company and if the company has direct control over the sources of the emissions

Answer 39

operational boundary

Question 40

The identification of the extent of influence of a resource center that either distributes a resource/service to or receives a resource/service from, a limited surrounding zone.

Answer 40

allocated boundary

Question 41

the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which took place between 1973 and 1982.

Answer 41

The United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea

Question 42

Up to 12 nautical miles of sovereignty; commercial vessels may pass, but non-commercial vessels may be challenged.

Answer 42

territorial sea

Question 43

Coastal states have limited sovereignty for up to 24 nautical miles

Answer 43

contiguous sea

Question 44

an area of coastal water and seabed within a certain distance of a country's coastline, to which the country claims exclusive rights for fishing, drilling, and other economic activities

Answer 44

Exclusive Economic Zone

Question 45

the open ocean, especially that not within any country's jurisdiction.

Answer 45

high seas

Question 46

elected officials who represent citizens

Answer 46

electorate

Question 47

a survey that records the population of an area, as well as certain information about that population, such as age, sex, or income.

Answer 47

census

Question 48

The process and outcome of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories, such as congressional seats to states of the United States.

Answer 48

reapportionment

Question 49

The drawing of a new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes

Answer 49

redistricting