Vocab Quiz #5 (teacher def.)

Delimit

Drawing of boundaries

Devolution

Movement of power from central to regional governments

Long Lot

Land is divided into narrow parcels stretching back from rivers, roads, or canal

Balkanization

Yugoslavia is THE example

Law of the Sea

In casual use, the term may include the territorial sea and even the continental shelf

Demarcate

Boundary built on the landscape

European Union

Supranational organization that resulted in Europe’s common currency

Irredentism

The homeland of a nationality “spilling over” to another state

Federal State

A form of government in which a central government shared power with subunits

Dialect

A minor variation within a language

Total Fertility Rate

The average number of children that could be born to a woman over her lifetime in a given population

Animism

A belief in the ubiquity of spirits or spiritual forces

Unitary State

An independent state that concentrates power in the central government and grants little authority to the provinces

Geometric Boundary

A political border, often a straight line, without regard for environmental or cultural patterns

Gerrymandering

The drawing of voting district lines in ways that include or exclude specific groups of voters, so that one group gains an unfair advantage

Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)

An organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government

Secularism

The opposite of theocracy

ASEAN

Political; 1967 in Thailand, southeast countries; accelerate economic growth, social progress, & cultural development

Supranationalism

A group of independent countries joined together for purposes of mutual interest

Creole Language

A pidgin that has survived long enough to become a mother tongue