Studied by 23 people
International waters
The areas of the sea that are not under the jurisdiction of any country.
Genocide
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion or race.
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
A strip of land between North and South Korea that serves as a buffer zone between the rival states.
Consequent boundary
Type of subsequent boundary- takes into account the existing cultural distribution of the people living in the territory and develops the boundary lines to more closely…??
Landlocked
A state without territory connected to an ocean
Nationalism
A nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own
Colonialism
A particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country.
Self- determination
The right to choose their (colonies) own sovereign government without external influence.
Decolonization
The undoing of colonization, in which indigenous people reclaim sovereignty over their territory.
Cold War
A period of diplomatic, political, and military rivalry between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR/ Soviet Union)
-Started at the end of WWII (1945) - Collapse of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Satellite states
A state dominated by another politically and economically.
Devolution
The process in which one or more regions are given increased autonomy by the central political unit.
UNCLOS
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (1982)
Defines maritime borders
Maritime boundary
Division of different claims of the oceans around the shores of the country
generally accepted to be 200 miles
Berlin Conference
European powers gathered to divide up the continent of Africa and establish borders. Europeans drew political boundaries for their own benefits.
Caused conflict and violence over time
Impacted the development of African countries
Demarcated boundary
Boundary with visible marking of the landscape with objects, such as fences or signs.
Antecedent boundary
Borders that are established before there has been major settlement by people in a territory.
Superimposed boundary
Border that is drawn over existing and accepted borders by an outside force.
Relic boundary
Border that no longer exists, but has left some imprint on the local, cultural, or environmental geography.
Neocolonialism
The use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures in order to control or influence other countries.
Choke point
A strategic strait or canal which is narrow, hard to pass through and has competition for use.
could be closed or blocked
Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz, Bosporus Straight
Autonomous region
A location within a state that is given authority to govern independently from the national government.
Multistate nation
A nation of people that live in more than one state.
ethnic Russians living in Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, etc.
Sovereignty
The right of a government to control and defend its territory and determine what happens within its borders.
Multinational
A state/country with various ethnicities and cultures within its borders
Stateless nation
Nations of people without a state to occupy.
No boundaries
Sikhs, Basque, Kurds
Nation-State
When the borders of the nation match the borders of the state- a state with (ideally) only one nation within it
no “true” examples
State
Independent states are the building blocks of the world political map
A state has:
Defined territory w/ borders
Permanent population
Government
Sovereignty
Recognition from other states (UN)
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