AP Human Geography Unit:6 Political unit

Boundaries because of differences in ethnicity, language, or religion

• Cultural Boundary

• Geometrical Boundary

• Antecedent boundary

• Physical Boundary

Which of the following is an example of a landlocked state?

• China

• Sudan

• Hungary

• Australia

Answer explanation

A landlocked country is a country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins. There are currently 44 landlocked countries.

A state that encompasses a very small land area

• Microstate

• Fragmented State

• Compact State

• Elongated State

Terrorism aimed at creating fear in the mind of citizens

• Psychological Terrorism

• Deliberate Terrorism

• Political Terrorism

• Dynamic Terrorism

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

• Microstate

• Colony

• Sovereignty

• City-State

Answer explanation

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

Terrorism aimed at a specific target

• Political Terrorism

• Dynamic Terrorism

• Psychological Terrorism

• Deliberate Terrorism

A state that completely surrounds another one

• Perforated State

• Prorupted State

• Fragmented State

• Compact State

A sovereign state compromising a city and its immediate hinterland

• Nation-state

• Colony

• Compact State

• City-state

Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries

• Autonomous 

• Balance of Power

• Colonization

• Imperialism

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

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Anocracy

• Theocracy