Political Geography

he redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population

• Redistricting

• Decolonization

• Reapportionment

• Gerrymandering

a boundary line that is established after the area in question has been settled and that considers the cultural characteristics of

the bounded area

• Subsequent Boundary

• antecedent boundary

• relic boundary

• superimposed boundary

a nation or cultural group that is divided across two or more state borders

• Multinational State

• Multi-state Nation

• Multiethnic State

• Nation-State

Law establishing states rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earth's seas and oceans and their

resources.

• UNCLOS

• EU

• ASEAN

• OPEC

boundary marked by some visible means on the ground. Ex. wall posts, fences, etc.

• Demarcated Boundary

• Defined Boundary

• Delimited Boundary

• Subsequent Boundary

venture involving 3 or more national states political economic or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives

• Subnationalism

• Nationalism

• Supranationalism

• Colonialism

the connection of people, their culture, and their economic systems to the land.

• Globalization

• Territoriality

• colonization

• Ethnonationalism

a meeting between European officials in which the distribution of Africa to European control was decided. sought to bring an end to scramble for africa

• Berlin Conference

• Council of Trent

• Edict of Nantes

• Louisiana Purchase

The official count of a population. In the United States it is done every 10 years

• Reapportionment

• Census

• Redistricting

• Gerrymandering

provinces that have been granted a certain degree of political and cultural autonomy, or freedom from centralized authority by the government

• Autonomous Regions

• Colonies

• Unitary States

• Democracies