AP Human Geography: Political Organization Of Space

 Define Annexation

• Disputes based on resources
• The political transition of land from the control of enity to another
• Taxes placed on land 
• The center of government and administration 

What are the 2 major themes of political organization of space? 

• Political geography of a modern state & The relationship between countries 
• Territory & Scale of regions
• Geography of human patterns & The association and contribution of different countries
• Median- Line Principle & Regionalism 

What are examples of regional trade alliances? (Read the choices Carefully)

• North Atlantic Treaty Obligation (NATO)
• North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Association of Southeast Asian Notions (ASEAN)
• European Nations Committee (ENC)

What is Colonialism? 

• Homogenous settlements in which a country imposes its beliefs of ideal political and economic factors.
• The equal strength of opposing alliances.
• Multiple ethnicities & the ideas of self determination and self government.
• An effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory.

What are the 5 distinctive types of states? 

• Multinational State, Perforated State, Fragmented State, Nation State, Balanced State
• Multiethnic State, Multinational State, Physical State, Sovereign State, Political State
• Compact State,Fragmented State,  Elongated State, Perforated State Prorupted State
• Elongated Stated, Perforated State, City State, Landlocked State

What is the difference between boundaries and frontiers?

• There is no difference
• Boundaries are lines 
  Frontier are spacious feilds that allows political influence
• Boundaries are an invisible line that extends a state's territory 
  Frontiers are open spaces were there is no political control
• Frontiers are an invisible line that extends a state's territory
  Boundaries are open spaces were there is no political control

Define Gerrymandering

• Redesigning the approach of creating new states
• Redrawing Legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power
• Opposition supporters are sparsely divided across many districts in the minority
• Invisible line that is drawn to divide an prevent the weakest party from voting

What is the difference between Autocracy & Anocracy?

• Autocracy makes descisions that appeal to the ruler instead of the people
  Anocracy makes descisions that apeal to the ruler instead of the people
• Both are made for the people and by the people and display fairness and comprises rules to ensure saftey and security within a state
• There is no difference
• Autocracy makes descisions that appeal to the ruler instead of the people 
  Anocracy is a mixture of a democracy and autocratic

Define Balance Of Power

• Equal strength between opposing alliances
• The powerful states revieve the most power 
• Common Interest of trade and other political status
• Power that has balance and structure

Define a Landlocked State.

• A state that uses locks to keep its citizens from emigrating 
• A state that lacks a direct outlet to sea because its completely surrounded by  other countries
• A state that uses locks and special restrictions to keep everyone/thing homogenous
• There is no such thing