AP Human Geography-Vocabulary Quiz 12.4

self-determination

The right of a group to govern itself in its own state or territory.

territorial dispute

In political geography, disagreement between states over the control of surface area, including the locations of boundaries.

devolution

In political geography, disagreement between states over the control of surface area, including the locations of boundaries.

regionalism

In political geography, group—frequently ethnic group—identification with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole.

centrifugal force

1: In urban geography, economic and social forces pushing households and businesses outward from central and inner-city locations. 2: In political geography, forces of disruption and dissolution threatening the unity of a state.

seperatism

Desired regional autonomy expressed by a culturally distinctive group within a larger, politically dominant culture.

supernationalism

Term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit and achievement of shared objectives.

ethnic cleasing

The attempt by a dominant ethnic or national group to violently eliminate a less powerful ethnic or national group from a particular geographic area, to achieve racial or cultural homogeneity and an expanded settlement area for the perpetrating group.

nationalism

A sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion to the interests of a particular country, an identification with the state and an acceptance of its goals.

subnationalism

The feeling that one owes primary allegiance to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state.

functional dispute

n political geography, a disagreement between neighboring states over policies to be applied to their common border; often induced by differing customs regulations, movement of nomadic groups, or illegal immigration or emigration.

irredentism

The policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself territory inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the people of the state but that lies within a neighboring state.

centripetal force

1: In urban geography, economic and social forces attracting establishments or activities to central and inner-city locations. 2: In political geography, forces tending to bind together the citizens of a state, thus promoting its unity.

positional dispute

In political geography, disagreement about the actual location of a boundary.