Unit 4 vocab Flashcards
to manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them
administer
a border established before an area becomes heavily settled
antecedent boundary
having the authority tog over territories independently of the national government; for example, by having a separate currency
autonomous
a narrow strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass
choke point
the practice of claiming and dominating overseas territories
colonialism
sharing authority
concurrent
a type of subsequent boundary that takes into account the differences http. exist within a cultural landscape, separating groups that have distinct languages, religions, ethnicities or other traits
consequent boundary
the explicitly state in legally binding documentations such as the treaty where boundaries such as natural features or lines of latitude or longitude
define
to draw boundaries on a map, in accordance with a legal agreement
delimit
to place physical objects such as stones, pillows, walls or fences to indicate where boundary exists
demacrate
the process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorties within its borders
devolution
cost reductions that occur when production rises
economies of scale
a set of people called electors who are chosen to elect the president of the United States
electoral college
the process by which the state attacks an ethnic group and tries to eliminate it through expulsion, imprisonment or killing
ethnic cleansing
the process by which people of a particular ethnicity in a multinational state identify more strongly as members there ethnic group than as citizens of the state
ethnic seperatism
the process by which the people of a country identify as having one common ethnicity, religious belief, and language creating a sense of pride and identity that is ties to the territory; also called ethnic nationalism
ethnoationlism
an area that extends 200 nautical miles from a states coast; a state has sole access to resources found within the waters or beneath the sea floor of its EEZ
exclusive economis zone (EEZ)
the organization of a state in which power is shared between the federal government and its internal region units
federal state
a mathematically drawn boundary that typically follows lines of latitude and longitude or is a straight line arc between two pointes
geometric boundary
the drawing of a legislative boundaries to give one political party an advantage in elections
gerrymandering
the push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or people
imperalism
attempts by a state to acquire territories in neighboring states inhabited by people of the same nation
irredentism
an election district in which the majority of voters are members of an ethnic or racial minority
majority-minority distrct
a country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders
multi national state
people who share a cultural or ethnic background but line in more than one country
multi state nation
a cultural entity made up of a people who have forges a common identity through shared language, religion, heritage or ethnicity often all four of these
nation
a politically organized and recognized territory composed of a group of people who considered themselves to be a nation
nation state
the use of economic political cultural or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
neo colonialism
the study of the ways in which the world is organized as. reflection of the power different groups hold over territory
political geography
the redistribution of representatives seats among states based on shifts in population
reapportionment
he redrawing of internal territorial and political boundaries
redistricting
a former boundary that no longer has an official function
relic
the right of all people to choose their own political status
self determination
describing a region that is given partial authority to govern its territories independently form the national government
semi autonomous
a region where states form hone dn break up because of on going, sometimes violent, conflicts among parties and because they are caught between the interest of more powerful outside of the states
shatterbelt
the right of the government to control and determine what happens within its borders
sovereignty
a people united by culture, language, history, and tradition but not possessing a state
stateless nation
a border drawn in an area that has been settled and where cultural landscapes exist or are in the process of being established
subsequent boundary
a boarder drawn over existing accepted borders by an outside or conquering force
super imposed boundary
an alliance of the three or more states that work together in pursuit of common goals or to address an issue or challenge
supernatural organization
the attempt to influence r control of people and events by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area; the connection of people, their cultures, and their economic systems to the land
terrritonatlity
an organization of a state in which power is concentrated in a central government
unitary state
is a comprehensive legal framework that governs the use and protection of the world’s oceans, including navigation, maritime zones, resource management, and marine environmental protection
United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNLCOS)
a politically organized independent territory with a government defined borders and a permanent population; a country
state
