AP Human Geography Unit 4 Vocabulary

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• A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

• nation-state

• An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.

• multinational state

• a group of people with a common political identity who do not have a territorially defined, sovereign country of their own

• Nation

• 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.

• state

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• stateless nation

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• an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority

• Sovereignty

• when a nation stretches across borders and across states

• multistate nation

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

• autonomous region

• Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

• Self-determination

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• Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

• Colonialism

• a movement that is trying to gain political independence for some area that it thinks should be its own country

• Independence Movements

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

• Imperialism

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• In political geography, a country's or more local community's sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended.

• Neocolonialism

• a strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water

• Shatterbelt

• influence of a government's institutions, leadership, or policies

• Territoriality

• a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals (e.g., Israel or Kashmir today; Eastern Europe during the Cold War,...).

• choke point

• Also called economic imperialism, this is the domination of newly independent countries by foreign business interests that causes colonial-style economies to continue, which often caused monoculture (a country only producing one main export like sugar, oil, etc).

• political power

Match each boundary term to its definition.

• a boundary line placed over and ignoring an existing cultural pattern, a border not determined by the people of a territory

• relic boundary

• a former boundary line that is still discernible and marked by some cultural landscape features

• superimposed boundary

• lines that define the border of a country or state

• subsequent boundary

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

• political boundaries

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• boundary is created in agreement between two parties in a treaty or other legal document

• Defined Boundary

• a line that separates one state from another. Both sides usually have claims as to where the boundary should be located and it is rare to find an unattended boundary between two sovereign states

• international boundaries

• a boundary line that coincides with some cultural divide, such as religion or language

• geometric boundary

• Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines, typically latitude and longitude

• internal boundaries

• physical, cultural, or geometric boundaries within a country (such as provinces or states)

• consequent boundary

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• identified by physical objects place on the landscape, such as a sign, wall, or fence.

• Demarcated Boundary

• a border that is actively managed, protected, and administered by a sovereign government

• Delimited Boundary

• is a line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space.

• Contested Boundary

• A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited

• administered boundary

• A boundary that is disputed by both sides of it

• demilitarized zone

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• boundaries in the world's oceans.

• Land Boundaries

• A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa

• Berlin Conference

• they separate territory according to natural features

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

• a code of maritime law approved by the United Nations in 1982 that authorizes, among other provisions, territorial waters extending 12 nautical miles from shore and 200-nautical-mile-wide exclusive economic zones

• Maritime Boundaries

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• the areas of the sea that are not under the jurisdiction of any country

• Exclusive Economic Zone

• The waters that are enclosed by the boundaries of a coastal state and that are considered part of the territory of that state.

• territorial seas

• area in which resources found up to 200 nautical miles offshore belong exclusively to the geographically bordering country

• international waters

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• generic term adopted by the Bureau of the Census to include the wide variety of small polling areas, such as election districts, precincts, or wards, that State and local governments create for the purpose of administering elections

• Redistricting

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

• voting districts

• Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

• Gerrymandering