AP HUG Unit 4 Vocab Quiz 1 (Yi Students)

Autonomous Regions

A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state.

Annexation

Legally adding land area to a city in the United States.

Balance of Power

Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries.

Berlin Conference

Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa.

Boundary

Invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory.

City-State

A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.

Centrifugal Force

A force that divides people and countries.

Centripetal Force

An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.

Census

The official count of a population.

Colonialism

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

Cold War

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years,

Cracking

Spreading voters of one type over many districts where they will comprise minorities that are unable to influence elections.

Cultural Boundary

A geographical boundary between two different cultures.

Decolonization

A action of changing from colonial to independent status.

Defined Boundary

Boundaries established by a legal document.

Delimited Boundary

A line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space.

Demarcated Boundary

Boundaries identified by physical objects placed on the landscape.

Neocolonialism

A new form of colonialism where stronger countries take control over weaker countries using economic ties.

Devolution

The transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states.

Ethnographic

Relating to studies in which researchers actively engage with participants.

Federal State

An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.

Frontier

A zone separating two states in which neither side exercises political control.

Genocide

Deliberate extermination of a racial/cultural group.

Gerrymandering

Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

Geometric Boundary

Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.

Hijacking

The taking control of a public transport vehicle, such as an airliner or train to use the people aboard as hostages.

Imperialism

Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country,

Kidnapping

The unlawful removal or restraint of a person against his or her will.

Microstates

A state that encompasses a very small land area.

Militarized Boundary

A boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing and movement.

Multistate Nation

Nation that stretches across borders and across states.

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.

Nationalism

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

Nation-State

A state whose territory corresponds to that is occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.

Packing

Concentrating partisan voters in a single district in order to maximize the number of representatives that can be elected by the opposition in other districts.

Physical Boundary 

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

Self-Determination

Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

Semiautonomous Region

An area inside of a country that has some power to control itself more than other areas in the country.

Sovereignty

Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

Stacking

Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations.

State

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

Stateless Nation

Nation that does not have a state or boundary.

Terrorism

The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.

Uneven Development

The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core and periphery that results from the globalization of the economy.

Unitary State

Places most power in the hands of central government officials.