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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY -
Political Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| State | an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. |
| Sovereignty | Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states. |
| City-state | a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside. |
| Colony | a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent. |
| Colonialism | The effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory. |
| Imperialism | Control of a territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. |
| Boundary | something that indicates bounds or limits |
| Compact state | The distance from the center of the state to any boundary does not vary significantly. |
| Prorupted state | A compact state with large projecting extensions. |
| Elongated State | State with a long and narrow shape. |
| Fragmented State | A state with several discontinuous pieces of territory. |
| Perforated State | A state that completely surrounds another. |
| Landlocked state | a State completely surrounded by several other countries. (Does not have a coastline) |
| Frontier | A zone where no state exercises complete political control. |
| Gerrymandering | The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. |
| Balance of power | A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances. |
| Unitary state | places the most power in the hands of the central government officials. |
| Federal state | allocates strong power to units of local government within the country. |
| Microstate | States with very small land areas |
| physical boundary | major physical features such as deserts, mountain ranges, and/or water bodies that serve as a means of separation, i.e., Great Lakes, Pyrenees Mountains, and Sahara Desert |
| geometric boundary | straight lines that serve as political boundaries that are unrelated to physical and /or cultural differences |
| cultural political boundary | political boundary that separates different cultures |
| United Nations | The most important international organization created at the end of WW II whose purpose is the keep world peace. |
| Military Alliances | Organizations of countries who agree to help each other militarily if attacked by another country. Examples - NATO, Warsaw Pact, OSCE. |
| Terrorism | The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands. |
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