Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

State

Answer 1

Another name for a country

Question 2

Nation-State

Answer 2

A state whose teritory coresponds to that ocupied by a perticular ethnicity that has transformed into a nationality

Question 3

Sovereignty

Answer 3

Ability of a State to govern its teritory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

Question 4

Stateless Nation

Answer 4

Cultural group that does not have any independent political entities

Question 5

Semiautononous Nation

Answer 5

Area within a state that is somewhat self-governed

Question 6

Autonomous Nation

Answer 6

Area within a state that is self-governed, but relies on the state’s government

Question 7

Multinational State

Answer 7

A state that contains 2 or more ethnic groups

Question 8

Multistate Nation

Answer 8

nation has own state, but it extends into other states

Question 9

Colonialism

Answer 9

An attempt by one county to establish settlements and to impose its principles on another teritory

Question 10

Imperialism

Answer 10

Extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force

(online)

Question 11

Self-determination

Answer 11

the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

Question 12

Decolonization

Answer 12

Collaspe or removal of colonization, often people reclaim control over their land

Question 13

Neocolonialism

Answer 13

developed countries indirectly control less
developed countries

Question 14

Choke Points

Answer 14

A place on land or sea that is in a congested or narrow location, however, serves an important role for the flow of goods or people

Question 15

Territoritality

Answer 15

The effort a group of people will give to defend a territory or space that they claim

Question 16

Unitary Governance

Answer 16

An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of centeral gevernment officials

Question 17

Federal Governance

Answer 17

An internal organization of a state that allocates power to units of local government

Question 18

Relic Boundaries

Answer 18

A boundary that doesn’t exist anymore, but can still be seen in the landscape

Question 19

Superimposed Boundary

Answer 19

Boundary that was created but doesn’t follow cultural patterns

Question 20

Antecedent Boundary

Answer 20

Pre-existing, commonly coresponds to a physical feature

Question 21

Subsequent Boundary

Answer 21

Boundary created to accommodate cultural differences

Question 22

Ethnographic

Answer 22

Scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences

Question 23

Geometric Boundary

Answer 23

A boundary line or arc that doesn’t follow a physical feature

Question 24

Consequent Boundary

Answer 24

A boundary that considers the culture and physical features and landscapes of an area

Question 25

Delimited Boundary

Answer 25

Created by a cartographer who draws it on a map

Question 26

Defined Boundary

Answer 26

Created through a legal document or contract

Question 27

Demarcated Boundary

Answer 27

Created by physical objects placed on the land or area

Question 28

Territoral Sea

Answer 28

Countries have 12 nautical miles of
sovereignty from their coast

Question 29

Exclusive Economic Zone

Answer 29

Countries have 200 nautical miles from their coast to extract and use resources

Question 30

High Seas

Answer 30

Water that is past a country’s EEZ and is open to everyone

Question 31

Contiguous Zone

Answer 31

countries have 24 nautical miles from their coast of sovereignty to enforce immigration and custom laws

Question 32

Gerrymandering

Answer 32

The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benifiting the party in power

Question 33

Voting Districts

Answer 33

Internal boundaries that divide a country’s eligible voters into regions

Question 34

Redistricting

Answer 34

Redrawing of district boundaries to have equal number of people in each district

Question 35

Subnationalism

Answer 35

Loyalty lies with a small group within a larger country

Question 36

Supranationalism

Answer 36

When many countries join to form an organization that benefits all members

Question 37

Ethnic Cleansing

Answer 37

A process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful ethnic group

Question 38

Ethnic Separatism

Answer 38

The political process of an ethnic nation breaking away or attempting to break away from a state, to gain grater autonomy

Question 39

Devolution

Answer 39

The transfer of government power to a lower level of government