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Administered boundaries
the boundary enforcement maintained by a government
African Union
continental union of 55 African states boosting development
American Indian Reservations
govāt allocated land reserves for Natives
Antecedent boundaries
boundary created before the area was populated
Arctic council
leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation in the Arctic
ASEAN
an organization of countries in southeast Asia to promote development
Autonomous regions
region that has semi-autonomy but still controlled by an external authority.
Centripetal forces
forces that unify the people and state
Centrifugal forces
forces that divide the people and state
Choke points
strategic location where the flow of people and goods can be constricted
Consequent boundaries
Boundaries that are created as a consequence of a cultural, religious, ethnic, or political divide between two groups.
Cultural cohesion
tightly knit group of people of the same culture
Defined boundaries
boundaries established by a legal document
Delimited boundaries
geographic boundary put on a map
Demarcated boundaries
actual boundary set up to mark boundary (fence)
Demilitarized zones
treaty-backed ares forbidding military installations.
Democrazation
process of establishing representative forms of govāt
Devolution
transfer of power from central to regional governments
Equitable Infrastructure Devlopment
economic approach to ensure equal development of infrastructure between regions
Ethnic Cleansing
when one dominant groups commits mass expulsions against another particular group
Ethnic separatism
ethnic minority groups fighting for independence
Ethnonationalism
nationalism in the state is described within ethnicity with emphasis on ethnocentric views.
European Union (EU)
multi-state European alliance for politics & economics
Exclusive Economics Zones (EEZ)
sea zone where a particular state has rights over resource exploitaiton
Failed State
state unable to perform basic functions for the country
Federal States
shared authority between central and regional authorities
Geometric boundaries
boundary created using straight lines (lat and long)
Gerrymandering
practice of one political party redrawing electoral districts to obtain a political advantage
Imperalism
practice of extending power & influence over other countries
Independent State
state with sovereignty and self government
Irredentism
movement to āreuniteā the homeland with territory in another state that is ethnically similar or an ex-region
Maritime boundaries
conceptual division of maritime areas between two states.
Multinational states
when a state has multiple ethnicities
Multistate nations
a nation (ethnicity) spread across multiple states
Nations
ethnicites, people groups
Nation-states
state made up of one common people group
Neocolonialism
control by a dominant country over its former colonies
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
political alliance agreeing to defend against communist advances.
Redistricting
the process of drawing new electoral district boundaries
Relic boundaries
boundary that no longer exists but still appears on the landscape
Self-determination
process where one country determines its own statehood, self-indentification.
Semi-autonomous region
area where a group has some degree of autonomy.
Shatterbelt region
region with strong colliding cultural forces under persistent stress that may lead to violence.
Sovereignty
stateās ability to govern itself with political authority.
Stateless Nations
group of people sharing ethnicity without a proper state.
Subsequent Boundaries
Boundaries that are created after two different groups have settled somewhere.
Superimposed Boundaries
boundaries drawn up by an external power
Supranationalism
states working together with common political goals
Supranational organizations
organizations formed to carry out supranatoinalism
Territoriality
effort to control specific pieces of the Earth
Territorial seas
area 12 miles away from coast to be recognized under the stateās jurisdiction
Terrorism
systematic violence used by a group to intimidate a population
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
intāl agreement over maritime territory and rights between states,.
Unitary states
states where laws are administered uniformly by the central government
United Nations (UN)
international organization formed in 1945 to income political-economical cooperation among states
Voting districts
internal boundaries that divide a stateās voters