ap human geography unit 4 vocabulary
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nation
a group of people with a common identity shared through cultural traits (language, religion, ethnicity and heritage)
state
has a defined territory with border
sovereignty
self control
nation state
one territory that shares one trait of nationality (ex:japan)
decolonization
gaining independence, not gaining influence from colonial powers
centripetal
unifies
centrifugal
divides
neocolonialism
when a powerful country controls/influences a weaker country without taking it over directly. instead of using armies, they use things like money, politics, culture, or social status
defined
drawn on a map
demarcated
physically marked (signs, walls, barriers)
geometric
latitude and longitude and are preexisting
antecedent
effected by the global landscape but not recognized
relic
doesn’t exist but holds relevance (berlin wall)
frontier
undeveloped or unexplored
ethnic cleansing
elimination of an unwanted ethnic group (exL genocide, or the holocaust)
autonomous region
__ owns their land but something else still has some control over them, but at the same time they can control their land (ex: tribal lands)
nation state
a state with ideally only one nation in it
stateless nation
nations of people without a state
multinational state
a state with multiple nationalities
multistate nation
nations of people that live in more than one state
self- determination
the right of all people to govern themselves
decolonization
a undoing of colonization
cold war
political/military tension between US and allies + Soviet Union and allies
territoriality
someone defending their space
neocolonialism
re-colonizing over a developing country
shatter belt
a region that isn’t as strong as another caught between the other when it comes to power
demilitarized zone
no military
UNCLOS
united nations conventions laws of the seas
internal waters
waters in country’s borders
EEZ
200 nautical miles of a states right over the sea
gerrymandering
an attempt at influence of a political party