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Unit 4 Key Terms
Unit 4 test key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| State | A political territory organised as a political unit with a government and sovereignty |
| Autonomy | Freedoms to a certain point (Child) |
| Nation | A group of people united by a common descent, history, and/or culture |
| Nation-State | A state whose citizens are members of one nation |
| Stateless Nation | A nation that does not control its own state |
| Multinational State | A state that contains more than one nation within its borders |
| Autonomous Region | A region within a state that possesses a high degree of self-governance |
| Multi-State Nation | A nation that is spread out among more than one state |
| Sovereignty | The right to decide what happens within a territory |
| What is the first step to state hood? | You must exist and have population |
| What is the second step to state hood? | You must define your borders |
| What is the third step to state hood? | You must declare your independence |
| What is the fourth step to state hood? | You must defend your sovereignty |
| What is the fifth step to state hood? | You must form a government |
| What is the sixth and final step to state hood? | You must get diplomatic reconition |
| Where was the nation-state concept born? | Peace of Westphalia (1648) |
| Imperialism | The desire to extend your power |
| Colonialism | The process of gaining and maintaining full or partial control over other territories of countries |
| Westphalian State System | Treaty that ended the 30 Years War and defined clear boundaries between Europe’s kingdoms |
| Nationalism | Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality. |
| Self Determination | Every nation should have its own state |
| Decolonization | Nationalistic movements in which colonies of major empires broke off primarily in the 1960’s |
| Democratization | The time period in early 1990's when the Soviet Empire broke up |
| Territoriality | The connection of people, their culture and their economic systems to the land. Often expressed in a desire to control a particular area. |
| Geopolitics | The study of how control over geographical features play a role in shaping relationships within and among countries |
| Landlocked | A piece of land surrounded by other land |
| Organic Theory | States are like biological organisms. They need nourishment, space, and they have a life cycle. |
| Friedrich Ratzel | The creator of Organic Theory |
| Lebensraum | Nourishment of a state needs adequate space so that it can thrive |
| Heartland Theory | Needed to identify the most valuable piece of land |
| Halford Mackinder | The creator of Heartland Theory |
| Rimland Theory | The key is to control the outer ring (The Rimland) rather than the other way around (like Mackinder said) |
| Nicholas Spykman | The creator of Rimland Theory |
| Delimit | Drawing the boundary on a map |
| Define | Legal language that describes the location of the boundary in the text of the treaty |
| Demarcate | The physical, real-life markers that identify the boundary |
| Administer | How the boundary is maintained and who/what can cross and how |
| Geometric boundary | Boundaries drawn in straight lines using surveying tools |
| Physical boundary | Boundaries that follow an existing physical feature such as coastline, river, or mountain crest |
| International boundary | Boundaries between the outside of countries |
| Internal boundary | Boundaries drawn to separate political units within countries |
| Locational Dispute | Disputes that happen when there is no agreement on where a boundary should be located |
| Definitional Dispute | Disagreement of the meaning of language in the boundary treaty |
| Operational Dispute | Disputes over how a border should be administered |
| Allocational Dispute | Dispute over the natural resources that overlap boundaries |
| Law of the Sea | Is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place between 1973 and 1982. |
| EEZ | Area within which a state has control over resources (Exclusive Economic Zone) |
| Territorial Water | State enforces laws and controls who enters |
| Redistricting | The redrawing of congressional district boundaries |
| Gerrymandering | The redrawing of congressional district boundaries in order to give a certain group an advantage in future elections |
| High seas | No state has control over passage or use of resources (International Waters) |
| Contiguous Zone | Zone of Transition |
| Antecedent boundary | A boundary drawn before a cultural pattern is established |
| Subsequent boundary | A boundary that is drawn after the culture has been established |
| Consequent boundary | A form of subsequent boundaries that accommodates the cultural patterns |
| Superimposed boundary | A Form of subsequent boundaries that ignores Cultural patterns |
| Relict boundary | A boundary that is no longer functions as a working boundary but has left a cultural or physical imprint |
| Unitary State | A state in as single, central government has sole governing power Gives power to a local government |
| Federal state | A state in which governing power is divided between a central government and several sub-national units |
| Perforated State | States that completely surround one or more other states |
| Compact State | Uniform in shape, Distance from center to any point on boundary does not vary greatly |
| Prorupted State | Have a projecting extension from an otherwise compact shape |
| Elongated State | Long and narrow states |
| Fragmented State | A state with a large amount of territory that is separated from the rest of the state by water or other states |
| Municipality | A city/town with the authority to establish its own local government (police, courts, etc.) |
| Regional Planning Commission | An agency set up by other government bodies in order to coordinate policy-making in a particular |
| County/Parishes/Borough | A subdivision of a state that is created by the state government and is given certain powers by that same government |
| Local Government | the administration of a particular town, county, or district, with representatives elected by those who live there |
| Metropolitan Government | When the cities and county decide how land is used within the borders |
| School District | forms of local government that decide the power to tax and decide district. |
| Supranationalism | the phenomenon in which multiple states agree to work together in order to achieve shared goals |
| Multinational Organization | an organization consisting of three or more states that exists to foster agreed-upon goals within an agreed upon legal framework. |
| NATO | A military alliance based on if one soviet member attacks one state, we all go to war. To promote security among members. North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| UN | United Nations, 5 places who control who does what |
| EU | European Union |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| Devolution | The transfer of power to form a central government to a local regional government |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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