people, corporations, and states produce goods and exchange them with the goal of achieving profit

when something is given monetary value

higher levels of education, higher salaries, and more technology; generate more wealth than periphery processes in world economy

lower levels of education, lower salaries, and less technology; generate less wealth than core processes in world economy

places where core and periphery processes are both occurring; places that are exploited by the core, but in turn exploit the periphery

in the context of political power, the capacity of a state to influence other states or achieve its goals through diplomatic, economic, and militaristic means

forces that tend to unify a country

forces that tend to divide a country

a nation-state that has a centralized government and administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state

a political territorial system wherein a central government represents the various entities within a nation-state

regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government

territorial representation

each representative is elected from a territoriality defined district

representative districts are switched according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people

the process by which the majority and minority populations are spread evenly across each of the districts

majority-minority districts

an electoral district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are nonwhite or racial or ethnic minorities

manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

vertical plane between states that cuts through the rocks below, and the airspace above the surface

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Chap. 8 Quiz 2 Vocab

Question	Answer
capitalism	people, corporations, and states produce goods and exchange them with the goal of achieving profit
commodification	when something is given monetary value
core	higher levels of education, higher salaries, and more technology; generate more wealth than periphery processes in world economy
periphery	lower levels of education, lower salaries, and less technology; generate less wealth than core processes in world economy
semi-periphery	places where core and periphery processes are both occurring; places that are exploited by the core, but in turn exploit the periphery
ability	in the context of political power, the capacity of a state to influence other states or achieve its goals through diplomatic, economic, and militaristic means
centripetal	forces that tend to unify a country
centrifugal	forces that tend to divide a country
unitary	a nation-state that has a centralized government and administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state
federal	a political territorial system wherein a central government represents the various entities within a nation-state
devolution	regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government
territorial representation	each representative is elected from a territoriality defined district
reapportionment	representative districts are switched according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people
splitting	the process by which the majority and minority populations are spread evenly across each of the districts
majority-minority districts	an electoral district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are nonwhite or racial or ethnic minorities
gerrymandering	manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
boundary	vertical plane between states that cuts through the rocks below, and the airspace above the surface

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