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Neocolonialism
________ is the indirect control of economic, political, and cultural powers over developing countries.
Colonialism
________ is a particular type of imperialism which people move into and style on the land of another country.
Political enclaves
________ are states, territories, or parts of a state that are completely surrounded by the territory of another state.
Nationalism
________ is a nation's desire to create and maintain a state of its own.
key concept
The willingness by a person to defend a space they claim or territoriality is a(n) ________ in geopolitics.
Geopolitics
________ is the study of the effects of geography on politics.
large population
Antecedent: boundary established before a(n) ________ was present.
legal document
Defined boundaries are boundaries established by a(n) ________, such as a treaty, that divides one entity from another.
largest political unit
A state is the ________, the formal term for a country.
physical objects
Demarted boundaries are identified by ________ placed on the landscape.
Locational
________: arguing about where the boundary is located.
Exclaves
________ are territories that are part of a state yet geographically are separated by the mainstate by one or more countries.
choke point
A(n) ________ is a place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction, Landbased ________ can be natural valleys or bridges.
Geometric
________: a straight line or arc drawn by people that does not closely follow any physical feature.
Territoriality
________ also has ties to economic issues resulting in economic conflicts.
contentious regions
A shatterbelt is a place located between two different and ________.
Electoral geography
________ is the use of spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns.
natural resources
Allocational: arguing over the ________ the boundary covers.
Physical geographic boundaries
________ are natural barriers between areas such as oceans, deserts and mountains.
Satellite states
________ are states dominated by another politically and economically.
Sovereignty
________ is the power of a political unit or government to rule over its own affairs.
autonomous region
A(n) ________ is a defined area within a state that has a high degree of self government and freedom from its parent state.
semi autonomous region
A(n) ________ is a state that has a degree of but not complete self rule.
Imperialism
________ is a broader concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control m or cultural dominance.
physical landscapes
Consequent: a type of subsequent boundary that takes into account existing cultural or ________.
boundary drawn
Superimposed: a(n) ________ by outside powers.
stateless nation
A(n) ________ is a cultural group that has no independent political entity.
Nationalism
________ commonly unifies people so it is considered a centripetal force.
Territoriality
________ has many connections to culture such as religious conflicts.
Antecedent
boundary established before a large population was present
Subsequent
boundary drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic,linguistic or economic differences
Superimposed
a boundary drawn by outside powers
Relic
a boundary that no longer exists but is still evident on the landscape
Geometric
a straight line or arc drawn by people that does not closely follow any physical feature
Consequent
a type of subsequent boundary that takes into account existing cultural or physical landscapes
Definitional boundary dispute
The countries argue about how to interpret the legal documents or maps that Identify the boundary
Locational
arguing about where the boundary is located
Operational
how the boundary should be run
Allocational
arguing over the natural resources the boundary covers
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