Geo Unit 5: Week 2-3 Key Terms

What term is defined as a broad concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people, by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance?

• Federal state

• Unitary state

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Neocolonialism

What term is defined as a particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country?

• Federal state

• Unitary state

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Neocolonialism

What term is defined as a new way to exert control over developing countries through indirect means (economic, political, and/or cultural power), instead of through direct military political control?

• Federal state

• Unitary state

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Neocolonialism

What term is defined as a force that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state?

• Centrifugal force

• Centripetal force

• Devolution

• Ethnic cleansing

• Ethnic separatism

 What term is defined as a strong divisive force, such as religious differences or weak communication systems, at work in a country?

• Centrifugal force

• Centripetal force

• Devolution

• Ethnic cleansing

• Ethnic separatism

What term is defined as the integration of markets, states, communication, trade on a worldwide scale?

• Imperialism

• Globalization

• Devolution

• Supranationalism

• Neocolonialism

What term describes when multiple countries form an organization to collectively achieve greater benefits for all members?

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Devolution

• Supranationalism

• Neocolonialism

What term is defined as the transfer of political power from the central government to sub-national levels of government (Ex. Regional, state, local governments)?

• Centrifugal force

• Centripetal force

• Devolution

• Ethnic cleansing

• Ethnic separatism