Unit 4 CN Notes-Vocab, GC

Political Geography

a branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political systems.-examines how geographic location and spatial arrangements influence political processes, power dynamics, and social structures,

Peace of Westphalia

1648-Recognized the rights of rulers within defined territories

State/Country

own government, rules borders, recognized by other countries

Independent State

country has total control over its government without being ruled by another country

Nation

A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits such as language, ethnicity, and religion

Nation State

a country where most people share the same culture, history, and language, and country has its own borders and gov

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

Stateless Nation

An ethnic group or nation that does not posses its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state

Multinational States

Most countries contain multiple national, ethnic, and religious groups within their boundaries

autonomous region

A section or territory of a country that has a degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making.

Semiautonomous region

region can make some of its own decisions but still has to follow rules of the country that controls it

Self-Determination

a group of people get to determine for themselves how they get to govern a place

Core Area

central part of a place where main culture/power is focused

Colonization

one nation takes control over some other territory

Imperialism

countries controlling other lands and making them follow it’s rules, like a bully

Devolution

country gives more power to smaller reigions or states within it instead of having everything decided by the main gov

Neocolonialism

powerful country controls/influences weaker country not through direct rule

Peripheral States

coutries on the outer edge of power/wealth/influence and don’t have as much power/importance, rely on other countries economicaly

Core States

wealthy countries, relied on by peripheral states

Shatter belts

Region that is caught between 2 or more conflicting or rival powers

Choke Point

a narrow, strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass. Land, Valley, Sea

Enclave

a territory surrounded by a country but not ruled by it

Exclave

A part of a national territory separated from the main body of the country to which it belongs.

Delimited

non-physical boundaries drawn on a map

Demarcated

physical boundaries like a fence

Relic Boundary

one that no longer functions as an international border

Superimposed

placed on an area without regard to existing boundaries

Subsequent

a political boundary that developed with the cultural landscape

Antecedent boundary

drawn before an area was developed

Consequent Boundary

drawn to accommodate existing cultural differences

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

an area where no soldiers or weapons are allowed to keep peace between countries

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Defined territorial boundaries and rights to the sea through the establishment of four zones.

Territorial Sea

country has control over what happens in sea near it, water version of backyard

Contigous Zone

countires nearby can enforce laws but don’t have total control

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

costal states have special rights regarding ocdean nearby but do not necessarily own that territory

high seas

parts of the sea that aren’t owned by any country