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APHG Exam
Political Geography Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 Pillars of statehood | |
| States | a politically organized territory with a permanent population, a defined territory, and a government- to be a state an entity must be recognized as such by other states |
| Nations | culturally defined group of people with a sharedpast and a common future who relate to a territory and have political goals- a nation is identified by its own membership |
| Nation-State | a politically organized area in which nation and state occupy the same space |
| Stateless Nation | nations that do not have states ex. Paleestinians live in Israel, and Kurds whok live in an area called Kurdistan |
| Theocracy | |
| Mercantilism | |
| Centripetal forces | force within the state tha unifys the people ex. economy, war(external threat), culture, strong leadership, education |
| Centrifugal forces | forces within the state that divide it ex. leadership, ethnicitys, religion, language, economics(rich and poor), physcial gegoraphy differences(like a mountain) |
| Types of boundaries | |
| 5 types of territorial morphologies | |
| Colonialism | the imparrial powers exercises ruthless control over their domains and organized them for maximum economic exploration |
| Imperialism | |
| Electoral geography | |
| Gerrymandering | |
| Majority-minority districts | |
| Nationalism | |
| Devolution | when a central government gives some power to a regional or ethnic group ex. the Welsh in the U.K. (map pg. 238) |
| Examples(from map in text) of devolution in Europe | |
| Shatterbelt | |
| Irredentism | |
| Truman Proclamation | |
| Medium-line principle | |
| EEZ | |
| Territorial Seas | |
| UNCLOS 1,2,3 | |
| Landlocked States | |
| Superanationalism | an entity composed of 3 or more states that forge an association and form and administrative structure for mutual benefit and goals ex. United Nations |
| Examples of supranationalism | |
| Define, delimit, demarcation of boundaries | |
| Ministates | |
| Microstates | |
| Forwarde capital | |
| Unitary State | |
| Federal State | |
| Enclaves | |
| Exclaves | |
| Unitary and Federal States | |
| Organic Theory | |
| Forward Capitals | |
| Heartland Theory | Who rules East Europe commands the heartland Who rules teh Heartland commands the world island Who rules the world island commands the world |
| Nation,States, and Nation-States | |
| Rimland Theory | |
| International snactions | |
| Geoopolitics | |
| Peacekeeping | |
| Types of boundary disputes | |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement-tarifs on inports and exports |
| Berlin Conference | |
| Peace of Westphalia | Europe(France, England) ended 30 year wat in 1648 |
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