Unit 4 Test - Boundary Types and Functions

Question 1

Nation

Answer 1

People with common cultural characteristics

Question 2

Sovereignty

Answer 2

The authority of a state to govern itself

Question 3

Nation-state

Answer 3

A state whose political boundaries correspond with its cultural boundaries

Question 4

When a nation stretches across international borders

Answer 4

Multistate nation

Question 5

Colonialism

Answer 5

One state exercising control over another that they have settled in and taken over

Question 6

Reapportionment

Answer 6

Process of reallocating electoral seats to voting districts

Question 7

Shatterbelt

Answer 7

Region caught between two stronger feuding forces

Question 8

Relic

Answer 8

Boundary that no longer functions but is still seen on the landscape

Question 9

ASEAN

Answer 9

Organization made to promote cultural, political, and economic development

Question 10

Subsequent

Answer 10

Boundary established after the settlement of an area occurred

Question 11

Superimposed

Answer 11

Boundary established by an outside power

Question 12

Geometric

Answer 12

Straightlne boundary

Question 13

Delimited

Answer 13

A boundary that s drawn on a map

Question 14

Stateless nation

Answer 14

Group of people who share common cultural characteristics but lack a state

Question 15

UN Law of the Sea

Answer 15

UN Law that defines the rights and responsibilities of states with respect to their use of the worlds oceans

Question 16

Centrifugal force

Answer 16

Forces that divide or weaken a state

Question 17

Federal state

Answer 17

Country where governmental authority is shared between the enteral body and smaller regional authorities

Question 18

Irredentism

Answer 18

When part of a state breaks away and joins another

Question 19

Subnationalism

Answer 19

Allegiance of people to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state

Question 20

NATO

Answer 20

Military alliance with members in North America and Europe

Question 21

EU

Answer 21

Supranational organization that promotes peace and economic cooperation in Europe

Question 22

Antecedent

Answer 22

Boundary that existed before the land there was settled

Question 23

Failed state

Answer 23

A state where the government has lost the ability to provide basic needs for its citizens

Question 24

Heartland Theory

Answer 24

Hypothesis that states controlling the center of Eurasia could give a state the power to dominate the world

Question 25

State

Answer 25

An area that has a permanent population and is controlled by a government that has control over its affairs

Question 26

Consequent

Answer 26

Boundary that was drawn to accommodate a cultural divide

Question 27

Multinational

Answer 27

Boundary that contains different cultural groups

Question 28

Autonomous Region

Answer 28

Area within a country that has freedom from external authority

Question 29

Imperialism

Answer 29

Extending a country's power and influence through disciplinary or military force

Question 30

United nations

Answer 30

Organization with over 190 members that aims to increase global cooperation

Question 31

African Nation

Answer 31

Political organization that aims to encourage development and stability in Africa

Question 32

Centripetal force

Answer 32

Something that unifies people and enhances support for the state

Question 33

Balkanization

Answer 33

Fragmentation of a region into smaller and hostile political units

Question 34

Devolution

Answer 34

Transfer of power from a central government to a regional government within the state

Question 35

Neocolonialism

Answer 35

Control by a powerful country over its former colonies or less developed countries using economic pressure

Question 36

Rimland theory

Answer 36

Hypothesis that controlling the land near the coasts of Eurasia could eventually lead to world domination

Question 37

OPEC

Answer 37

Supranational organization that controls the cost of oil

Question 38

Defined

Answer 38

Boundary established by legal document or treaty

Question 39

Demarcated

Answer 39

Boundary identified by physical objects like walls, signs, and fences

Question 40

Exclusive economic zone

Answer 40

Area of the sea where a state full control over the use of marine resources

Question 41

Redistricting

Answer 41

Drawing of new electoral lines in response to population changes

Question 42

Gerrymandering

Answer 42

When officials redraw electoral districts in order to favor a certain political party

Question 43

Organic theory

Answer 43

Idea that states are like organisms that have lifecycles and need to be nourished by acquiring less powerful states to survive

Question 44

Territoriality

Answer 44

Willingness of people to defend the space that they claim

Question 45

Self-determination

Answer 45

Ability of a state to decide its own future

Question 46

Decolonization

Answer 46

When colonized nations won their independence from colonizing forces

Question 47

Cold war

Answer 47

Political rivalry between the USSR and the USA at the end of WW2

Question 48

Satellite states

Answer 48

When one state is dominated by another politically and economically