APHG Political Geography Quiz 1: New CED

Autonomous Region

self ruled region within another country - examples: Hong Kong in China, Northern Ireland in the UK

multinational state

State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.

multistate nation

nation that stretches across borders and across states

Nation

a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

nation-state

a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.

State

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.

stateless nation

a group of people with a common political identity who do not have a territorially defined, sovereign country of their own

semi-autonomous region

largely self-governing political region within a country; Example: Native American reservations

Colonialism

Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

Devolution

Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments.

Imperialism

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Sovereignty

the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries

Self-determination

Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

Territoriality

In political geography, a country's or more local community's sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended.

Shatterbelt

an area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values

Neocolonialism

Also called economic imperialism, this is the domination of newly independent countries by foreign business interests that causes colonial-style economies to continue.

choke points

strategic setting where narrow waterways or other narrow passages are vulnerable to military blockade disruption

geometric boundary

political boundaries that are defined by straight lines (often lines of latitude or longitude)

cultural boundary

boundaries that mark breaks in the human landscape based on differences in ethnicity

physical boundary

Political boundaries that correspond with prominent physical features such as mountain ranges or rivers.

relic boundary

a former boundary line that is still discernible and marked by some cultural landscape features

superimposed boundary

a boundary line placed over and ignoring an existing cultural pattern

subsequent boundary

A boundary drawn after a cultural landscape is already in place

Antecendent Boundary

a boundary that was created before the present day cultural landscaped developed

consequent boundary

A type of subsequent boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing linguistic, cultural, or religious boundaries