Political Geography

A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community.

• State

• Nation

• Territoriality

• Sovereignty

Features of a state

• Gain natural resources, cheap labor, show of power, have an outlet for their goods (market), to expand one's territory, to bring religion to the godless

• Permanent population, define territory (borders ), sovereignty, government. Provides Security, infrastructure, education, healthcare military protection

• a state that completely surrounds another one

• classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, denial

Territoriality

• Territorial size, shape and relative location

• a government has the right to keep the borders and territory of a state in tact and free from attack

• Drawing lines to create a state

Sovereignty

• a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity

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

• An ethnic group that does not have its own state and is not the majority in any state nation

Territorial integrity

• a government has the right to keep the borders and territory of a state in tact and free from attack

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

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

Political Geography

• Drawing lines to create a state

• A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community.

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

• the branch of geography that deals with the boundaries, divisions, and possessions of countries.

Nation

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

• A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community.

• State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.

• a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity

Elbridge Gerry came up with the concept of ___ to redraw voting districts.

• salamandering
• gerrymandering
• legislative redistricting
• electoral college

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

• Features of a state

• Sovereignty

• Imperialism

A _________________________ is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by one particular ethnicity which has been transformed into a nationality.

• nation-state

• state

• multinational state

• trinational state