4.3 and 4.4 APHUG- Power, Territoriality, and Boundaries

territoriality

how people use space to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas of land

Neo-colonialism

the practice of using economic or political influence by a richer country (MDC) to control a poorer country (LDC) indirectly (in place of direct military control (imperialism) or indirect political control (hegemony)).

MDCs

More developed countries- countries such as the United States, Germany, and Australia who have the highest levels of economic development

LDCs

Lesser Developed Countries-- Countries that are seeking improved conditions for their residents through economic growth

example of neo-colonialism

Chinese investment in Africa. They give foreign aid in exchange for political power in the continent.

Neo-colonialism

control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures

choke point

a strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water

Shatterbelt Regions

regions caught up in a conflict between two opposing powers or cultures

Cultural shatterbelt

A politically unstable region where differing cultural elements come into contact and conflict

boundary

an invisible barrier or line that separates one state from another

political boundaries

divisions of governance between states and within them that reflect balances of power that have been negotiated or imposed

3 types of boundaries

cultural boundary, geometric boundary, physical boundary

cultural boundary

a boundary based on divisions of ethnicity, religion, or language

geometric boundary

Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines. (may also be superimposed and/or antecedent)

physical boundary

a boundary formed by a geographic feature such as a river, mountain range, or desert

relic boundary

a former boundary line that is still discernible and marked by some cultural landscape features

ways we classify boundaries by origin

superimposed boundaries, consequent boundaries, subsequent boundaries, antecedent boundaries, relic boundaries

superimposed boundary

a boundary line placed by an outside power, that is placed over and ignoring an existing cultural patterns

antecedent boundary

a boundary line established before the area in question is well populated

subsequent boundary

a boundary line that is established after the area in question has been settled and that considers the cultural characteristics of the bounded area

consequent boundary

a type of subsequent boundary that is intentionally drawn to accommodate cultural differences, such as ethnicity, religion or language

difference between subsequent boundaries and consequent boundaries

honestly this difference is super unclear and the two videos you will see describe them differently. My advice is to thing of subsequent as "they people were already there and subsequently the boundary developed" and consequent as "we needed to draw borders and we decided to divide people according to cultural similarities and differences"

frontiers

a geographic area where no state has direct power over the area. (there are few frontiers left today)