Unit 4 Vocab

o Centripetal Force o Federal State 

o Gerrymandering o Nation-State 

o State 

o Centrifugal Force o Devolution 

o Nation 

o Unitary State 

o Antecedent Border  o Compact State 

o Fragmented State o Frontier 

o Geometric Boundary o Heartland Theory o Landlocked State o Microstate 

o Perforated State o Prorupted State o Relic Boundary 

o Sovereignty 

o Subsequent Border o Superimposed Border o Balkanization 

o Confederate State o Elongated State o Enclave 

o European Union o Exclave 

o Forward Capital o Nationalism 

o Neo-Colonialism o Reapportionment o Rimland Theory 

o Stateless Nation 

o Territoriality 

o Buffer State 

o Domino Theory 

o Geopolitics 

o Imperialism 

o Multinational State o Physical-Political  Boundary 

o Political Geography o Supranationalism o Self-Determination o Theocracy 

o United Nations  

Convention on the Law  of the Sea (UNCLOS) 

o Colonialism