Unit 4 Vocab Part 1

Question 1

A branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political systems. (studying formation of states)

Answer 1

Political Geography

Question 2

An independent political unit with a centralized authority that makes claim to sole legal, political, and economic jurisdiction over a region with defined boundaries.

Answer 2

State

Question 3

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

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Nation

Question 4

The ideal political geographical unit; one in which the nation’s geographical boundaries (a people and its culture) exactly match the state’s territorial boundaries (governance and authority)

Answer 4

Nation-State

Question 5

Sense of belonging to and self-identifying with a national culture; people with a strong sense of nationalism derive a significant part of their social identify from a sense of belonging to a nation.

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Nationalism

Question 6

An ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation-state.

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Stateless Nation

Question 7

Ethnic groups territorially divided by one or more international boundaries.

Answer 7

Multistate nation

Question 8

A country containing multiple national, ethnic, and religious groups within it boundaries.

Answer 8

Multinational State

Question 9

A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making.

Answer 9

Autonomous Region

Question 10

A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has some degree of, but not complete, self-government.

Answer 10

Semiautonomous region

Question 11

A nation’s ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government; the freedom of culturally distinct groups to govern themselves in their own territories and form their own states.

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Self Determination

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Devolution

Question 13

A form of nationalism in which the nation is defined in terms of ethnic identity.

Answer 13

Ethnonationalism

Question 14

The set of economic and political strategies by which wealthy and powerful countries indirectly maintain or extend their influences over less wealthy areas.

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Neocolonialism

Question 15

States that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focused mainly on agricultural and raw materials, and low levels of consumption of manufactured goods.

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Peripheral State

Question 16

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

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Core States

Question 17

Region of continuing and persistent fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces.

Answer 17

Shatterbelts

Question 18

A clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits of a territory and divisions between territories; often called a border at the global scale.

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Boundary

Question 19

Territory surrounded by a country but not ruled by it.

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Enclave

Question 20

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

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Exclave

Question 21

A nominally independent country that is politically, militarily, and economically controlled by a more powerful state.

Answer 21

Satellite State