AP Human Geo. Chp 12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 antecedent boundary | -boundary line established well before the area was well populated |
| artificial boundary | -- boundary without obvious physical geographic basis |
| autonomous nationalism | -movement by a dissident minority intent to achieve partial or total independence piece of territory from the dominant state around it |
| centrifugal force | -forces of disruption and dissolution threatening the unity of the state |
| centripetal force | -forces tending to bind together the citizens of the state |
| compact state | -a roughly circular territory that is a state |
| consequent boundary | - boundary line that coincides with some cultural division; e.g religion |
| core area | - economy: the national or world districts of concentrated economic power 2. nucleus of the state, most developed area |
| devolution | - transfer of certain powers form the state central gov. to separate political subdivisions |
| electoral geography | -the study of geographical elements of the organization and results of elections |
| elongated state | - state that is long and narrow |
| enclave | - small bit of foreign territory lying with in a state, but not under jurisdiction |
| ethnic cleansing | - try to rid of a minority group by death or force |
| European Union (EU) | -economic association established in 1957 by a number of West European countries; free trade |
| exclave | - portion of a state that is separated from the main territory and surrounded by another state |
| Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) | - zone of exploration extending 200 nautical miles seaward from a coastal state, established by the (UNCLOS) |
| fragmented state | - a state whose territory is broken up in islands |
| functional dispute | - disagreement between neighboring states over policies to be applied to their common border |
| geometric boundary | - boundary without obvious physical geographic basis |
| gerrymandering | - redraw voting district boundaries in such a way as to give one political party maximum electoral advantage; reducing another e.g blacks right after civil war |
| irredentism | - policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country but that lies within a neighboring state |
| nation | - culturally distinctive group of people occupying a specific territory and bound together by a sense of unity from a shared ethnicity or customs |
| nationalism | - sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion of interests of a particular country or nation |
| nation-state | -state whose territory is identical to that occupied by a particular ethnic group or nation |
| natural boundary | - boundary line based on recognized physio-graphic features; e.g mountains, rivers |
| perforated state | -state whose territory is interrupted by a separated, independent state totally contained in its borders |
| physical boundary | the natural landscape plus visible elements of material culture |
| political boundary | -branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political phenomena |
| positional dispute | - disagreement about the actual location of a boundary |
| porrupt state | - state basically compacted in form but with one or more narrow extensions of territory |
| regionalism | - group of frequently ethnic grouped-identification with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole |
| relic boundary | -a former boundary; marked by some cultural landscape |
| resource dispute | -disagreement over the control or use of shared resources, such as boundary river or jointly claimed fishing grounds |
| separatism | - the action of an ethnic group trying to separate and gain independence from the dominant state |
| state | -independent political unit occupying a defined, permanently populated territory having full sovereignty |
| sub-nationalism | -the feeling that one was primary alligence to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state they are within |
| subsequent boundary | -boundary that has been established after the area in question has been settled and cultural characteristics are the bounded area |
| superimposed boundary | - boundary line placed over an existing cultural pattern |
| supranationalism | term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit |
| territorial dispute | -disagreement between states over the control of the surface area |
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