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Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Command Economy | system of resource management in which decisions about production and distribution of goods and services are made by a central authority |
| Traditional Economy | a system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; exists in only a few parts of the world today |
| Market Economy | an economic system based on free enterprise, in which businesses are privately owned and production and prices are determined by supply and demand |
| More Developed Country | a country which has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less developed nations |
| Less Developed Country | a country which, according to the United Nations, exhibits the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development |
| Sovereignty | supreme power or authority |
| Gerrymandering | the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the political party in power |
| Political Boundaries | a demarcation line that separates states, provinces, or countries from each other |
| Physical Boundaries | boundary based on the physical feature of the natural landscape such as a mountain change or mountain range |
| Cultural Boundaries | boundary between two states due to their cultural differences |
| Superimposed | a political boundary placed by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape |
| Supranational Organizations | is an organization, group, or union made of multiple countries that relinquish a certain amount of government power to the union |
| Berlin Conference | A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa |
| Neocolonialism | the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control of influence other countries, especially former dependencies |
| Compact State | a state that posses a roughly circular shape from which the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions |
| Prorupted State | a state that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main territory |
| Perforated State | a state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state |
| Elongated State | a state whose territory is long and narrow in shape |
| Landlocked State | a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea |
| Fragmented State | a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory |
| Nationalism | belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation |
| Buffer State | a small neutral state between two rival powers |
| Balkanization | division of a region into smaller hostile regions |
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