geographic locations where the flow of people and goods can be constricted and choked off in the event of a conflict

A nation of people without a state that it considers home

A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics such as language and ethnicity or by shared territory

The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power

An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political economic and cultural principles in another territory

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

A state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other and distinct nationalities

A state that completely surrounds another one

a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals.

A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent

A state that does not have direct access to the sea

A state in which the distances from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly

when a nation stretches across borders and across multiple states

the name of a boundary between two states that is created before the area is populated with human society.

an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy , or has freedom from an external authority.

the concept of territory, which refers to a defined area of land or water that is claimed by a group or individual as their own and is protected from external interference

A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office

A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people

A boundary created by using lines of latitude and longitude and their associated arcs.

Semi Autonomous region

area where a group has some type of political autonomy

A country where governmental authority is shared among a central government and various other smaller, regional authorities.

The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

a boundary between opposing cultural, ethnic, or political groups, that was established to settle disputes, end wars, and establish a clear separation between groups.

A state with a very long narrow shape

The threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious or social goal through fear, coercion or intimidation

A state that encompasses a very small land area

Delimitation/Delimited boundary

means the translation of the written terms of a boundary treaty (the definition) into an official cartographic representation (drawn on a map)

Political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation among national states to promote shared objectives

boundaries that used to exist and can still be detected on the landscape

Superimposed boundary

political barriers drawn in an area with complete disregard for the cultural, religious, and ethnic divisions within the people living there.

the process by which a part of an existing state breaks away and merges with another usually because the territories that are claimed to have once belonged to a (usually ethnic or ethnoreligious) nation.

the spread of representative government to more countries and the process of making governments more representative.

An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory

Demarcation/demarcated boundary

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

The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state or breakup of a large state (balkanization) into several independent ones

a political boundary that was created after two groups have already settled there.

the control of less-developed countries by developed countries through indirect means.

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

Definition/Defined boundary

the written legal description (as in a treaty-like document) of a boundary between two countries or territories

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

voters within these geographic areas are represented by the same elected officials. The boundaries are typically set by state legislatures to balance population numbers based on the census.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

code of maritime law approved in 1982 that authorized territorial waters to extend 12 nautical miles from shore and a country's EEZ (exclusive economic zone) to extend 200 nautical miles.

4 APHuG: Political Geography Flashcards

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ethnonationalism

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loyalty to a particular ethnic or racial group rather than to a nation

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sovereignty

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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states

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Nation-state

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation

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Unitary state

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a state where laws are administered uniformly by one central government.

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frontier

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A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control

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redistricting

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Redrawing of political boundaries

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city-state

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A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

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