APHUG UNIT 4

Colonialism

is a particular type of imperialism which people move into and style on the land of another country.

Physical geographic boundaries

are natural barriers between areas such as oceans desertsand mountains.

Neocolonism

is the indirect control of economic, political, and cultural powers over developing countries.

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.

Geopolitics

________ is the study of the effects of geography on politics.

Defined boundaries

are boundaries established by a(n) legal document , such as a treaty, that divides one entity from another.

largest political unit

A state is the ________, the formal term for a contory.

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.

Soverignty

________ is the power of a political unit or government to rule over its own affairs.

choke point

A(n) ________ is a place of physical congestion between wider regions ofmovement 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.

contentious regions

A shatterbelt is a place located between two different and ________.

Territoriality

________ also has ties to economic issues resulting in economic conflicts.

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.

Satellite states

________ are states dominated by another politically and economically.

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.

Imperialism

________ is a broader concept that includes a variety of eays of influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic controlm or cultural dominance.

semiautonoumous region

A(n) ________ is a state that has a degree of but not complete self rule.

physical landscapes

Consequent: a type of subsquewnt boundary that takes into account existing cultural or ________.

boundary drawn

Superimposed: a(n) ________ by outside powers.

stateless nation

A(n) ________ is a culturalgroup 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

boundty 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 subsquewnt 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 boundry

Locational

arguing about where the boundary is located

Operational

how the boundary should be run

Allocational

arguing over the natural resources the boundary covers