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APHUG Unit 4 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ethnicity vs race vs nationality | ethnicity: ties to a group with traditions and cultures from a homeland race: social construct based on perceived biological traits nationality: legal ties to a particular state |
| ethnoburb | suburban area with a predominant ethnic group |
| Balkanized/Balkanization | when a multiple ethnicities that conflict exist in a small geographic area and eventually lead to the breakup of the state into smaller independent hostile regions due to conflict |
| genocide | mass killings of a particular ethnic group with the intention of removing the entire group from existence |
| sovereignty | independence from control of internal affairs by other states |
| nation | group of people with shared identity, culture, and sense of belonging |
| state | political unit with government and land and independence |
| nation state | political unit where nation and state boundaries overlap, Japan |
| multinational state | a state with multiple nations within that each have a degree of autonomy and independence and nationalism while being a part of a state, UK |
| multiethnic state | state with many ethnicities within all under one common state and nationality, US |
| multistate nation | a nation that is spread over multiple states but still has one main state that holds the majority, Koreans |
| stateless nation | nation without its own independent state |
| independent state | politically sovereign area with a permanent population, etc |
| segregation | enforced separatism based on race |
| colonialism | effort of a country to establish settlements in a new territory and impose their customs on that land |
| neocolonialism | use of economic, political, and cultural pressures in order to control/influence other countries |
| imperialism | process of a country extending its power and influence through conquest |
| shatterbelts | a region that is unstable and politically fragmented due its location between stronger external conflicting powers |
| choke point | narrow passage important because of movement of people and goods |
| autonomous region | area within a country with a high degree of self governance, Hong Kong |
| semi-autonomous region | area within a country with some self governance but still under significant control of central government |
| decolonization | process of a colony gaining independence from a political power |
| cultural boundary | boundary due to different cultural traits |
| geometric boundary | boundary defined by straight lines and disregarding of natural forms |
| political boundary | line separating governments/states |
| relic boundary | boundary that no longer functions but has a lasting influence |
| superimposed boundary | imposed by an outside power |
| subsequent boundary | drawn after population settled, shaped by culture and economy |
| antecedent boundary | boundary before large population, usually physical |
| consequent boundary | boundary following cultural division |
| law of the sea | UN decided, give navigational and economic sovereignty over 12 nautical miles |
| territorial seas | 12 nautical miles that give a country complete autonomy over the sea |
| exclusive economic zone | 200 nautical miles that gives a country partial control over |
| median line principle | when countries are less than 400 nautical miles apart the seas between are split in half between |
| compact state | small, efficient, equal radius more resembling a circle, portugal |
| elongated state | chile |
| prorupted state | a large projecting extension from a country |
| perforated state | a state completely surrounding another state |
| fragmented state | state in multiple parts that are not continuous with land |
| landlocked state | state completely surrounded by land with no access to a waterway |
| democracy | citizens elect |
| autocracy | one person rules |
| anocracy | mix of democracy and autocracy |
| unitary state | one central government controls all, faster to enact policies but more susceptible to corruption |
| federal state | divides power between local and national governments |
| gerrymandering | redrawing electoral district boundaries to give one political party an advantage |
| devolution | process of regions of a state demanding and gaining political strength at the expense of central government, not independence though |
| reasons for devolution | physical geography, ethnic separation, ethnic cleansing, terrorism, economic and social problems, irredentism |
| self determination | right of the people of a nation to govern themselves |
| supranational organization | alliance of 3+ states working towards a common goal |
| Berlin Conference | meeting of European powers to divide the continent of Africa and establish borders |
| UN | united nations |
| NATO | North Atlantic treaty organization |
| EU | European Union |
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