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Term: Political Definition: A branch of human geography concerned with the analysis of political systems Term: Political Definition: A map that shows the spatial organization of the countries and territories on the entire globe at a given point in Term: /CountryDefinition: An independent political unit with a centralized authority that makes claim to sole legal, political, and economic jurisdiction over a region with boundaries Term: Independent Definition: A state that rules itself and is not to the authority of another state Term: Sovereign Definition: A state that possesses the sole authority over the land and within its boundaries Term: Definition: A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits such as , ethnicity, and religion Term: -stateDefinition: The ideal political geographical unit; one in which the nation's geographic boundaries (a people and its culture) exactly match the 's territorial boundaries (governance and authority) Term: Nation-state Definition: The idea that political authorities govern in the name of all a country's citizens, modern mass communications link all residents, and state-based citizenship rights the idea of a national identity Term: Definition: Sense of to and self-identifying with a national culture; people with a strong sense of nationalism derive a significant part of their social identity from a sense of belonging to a nation Term: Stateless Definition: An group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation-state Term: Multinational Definition: A country containing multiple national, , and religious within its boundaries Term: nationsDefinition: Ethnic territorially divided by one or more international boundaries Term: Autonomous Definition: A subdivision or dependent territory of a that has a degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making Term: Semiautonomous Definition: A or dependent territory of a country that has some degree of, but not complete, self-government Term: Self-determinationDefinition: A nation's ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government; the freedom of culturally distinct groups to govern themselves in their own and form their own states Term: Core Definition: A small territorial from which a country grows in area and over time Term: Definition: slopes that break up the general continuity of the terrain Term: sovereigntyDefinition: The idea that a state's power to enforce its sovereignty may extend beyond its and varies over time and from coutnry-to-country Term: DevolutionDefinition: The movement of power from the central government to regional governments the state Term: Definition: A form of nationalism in which the is defined in terms of ethnic identity Term: NeocolonialismDefinition: The set of economic and political strategies by which and powerful countries indirectly maintain or extend their influence over less wealthy areas Term: Peripheral Definition: States that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focused mostly on agriculture and raw materials, and low of consumption of manufactured goods Term: Core Definition: States that have the most advanced industrial and military technologies, complex manufacturing systems, external political power, and the highest of wealth and mass consumption Term: Definition: Region of continuing and persistent due to devolution and centrifugal forces Term: Choke Definition: A passage that restricts traffic to another region Term: Definition: A body of water connecting two larger bodies of water Term: BoundaryDefinition: A clearly demarcated line that both the limits of a territory and divisions between territories; often called a border at the global scale Term: line principleDefinition: An approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the between two places Term: Definition: A region straddling both sides of an international boundary where national cultures overlap and to varying degrees Term: FrontierDefinition: A region at the of state control and settlement Term: Definition: A territory surrounded by a but not ruled by it Term: ExclaveDefinition: Part of a national territory separated from the main body of the to which it belongs Term: DelimitedDefinition: Describing how boundaries are fixed or defined to identify limits Term: Definition: Describing how boundaries are set to distinguish their limits Term: Relic Definition: A boundary that no longer functions as an international Term: Superimposed Definition: A boundary that is placed on a area without regard to boundaries Term: Subsequent Definition: A political boundary that developed with the landscape Term: Antecedent Definition: A boundary that was identified before an area was Term: boundaryDefinition: A boundary that has , often perfectly straight, lines drawn without regard for an area's physical or cultural features Term: Consequent Definition: A boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing differences Term: zone (DMZ)Definition: An area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers, or contending forbid military installations, activities, or personnel; usually lies along an established frontier or boundary between two or more military powers of alliances Term: stateDefinition: A politically and weak independent country that lies between the borders of two powers Term: Satellite Definition: A nominally independent that is politically, militarily, and economically controlled by a more powerful state Term: Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)Definition: Conference organized to define territorial and rights to the sea Term: economic zone (EEZ)Definition: Zone that extends 200 miles from shoreline in which coastal states have the sole right to exploit, develop, manage, and conserve all water resources lying beyond the land Term: Arctic Definition: Area defined by the 66 degrees, 34 north latitude line Term: Electoral Definition: A of political geography that analyzes the geography of political preferences and how geography can shape voting outcomes Term: districtDefinition: A territorial division for casting votes in public elections; generally, only who live in the voting district are permitted to cast their votes there Term: Electoral Definition: A body of 538 electors in the United States; a majority of 270 votes is required to elect the president; a state's number of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation (one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for its senators) Term: Definition: The process by which the 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are divided proportionately by among the 50 states following every US census Term: RedistrictingDefinition: The of drawing new boundaries for US congressional districts to reflect the population changes since the previous US census Term: Definition: The manipulation of voting district boundaries to favor a political party, group, or election outcome Term: PackingDefinition: Gerrymandering a voting district by concentrating all of the party into one district, thereby creating a large majority of that party in the district while ensuring that it cannot win any election Term: Definition: Gerrymandering a voting district by dividing opposition votes into many districts, thus the opposition's votes to ensure it does not form a majority in any district |
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