Chapter 8-10

Question 1

the right to choose a sovereign government without external influence

Answer 1

self-determination

Question 2

has a common cultural heritage, unifying set of beliefs and values, traditional claim to a particular space as their homeland, desire for self-rule

Answer 2

nation

Question 3

a factor that creates divisions among the population of a state

Answer 3

centrifugal force

Question 4

nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own; loyalty and devotion to one’s nation, sometimes to an extreme degree

Answer 4

nationalism

Question 5

a country that contains more than one nation

Answer 5

multinational state

Question 6

the willingness by a person or group to defend the space they claim as their own

Answer 6

territoriality

Question 7

has a defined boundary, contains a permanent population, maintains sovereignty over its domestic and international affairs, is recognized by other countries; formal term for country

Answer 7

state

Question 8

when developed states indirectly exert political, economic, and/or cultural control over developing states

Answer 8

neocolonialism

Question 9

when a nation has a state of its own, but stretches across the borders of one ore more other states

Answer 9

multi-state nation

Question 10

the process by which indigenous people reclaim sovereignty over their territory

Answer 10

decolonization

Question 11

a factor that creates unity among the population of a state

Answer 11

centripetal force

Question 12

the power of a government (or political unit) to rule over its own domestic and international affairs

Answer 12

sovereignty

Question 13

a place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction; can be water- or land-based

Answer 13

choke point

Question 14

a state that has a degree of, but not complete, self rule

Answer 14

semi-autonomous region

Question 15

a defined area within a state that has a high level of self-government and freedom

Answer 15

autonomous region

Question 16

when one ore more regions are given increased autonomy by the central political unit

Answer 16

devolution

Question 17

a cultural group that has no independent political entity

Answer 17

stateless nation

Question 18

a state dominated, both politically and economically, by another

Answer 18

satellite state

Question 19

a nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

Answer 19

nation-state

Question 20

when one state influences another state through direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance

Answer 20

imperialism

Question 21

when people move into and settle on the land of another country

Answer 21

colonialism

Question 22

a boundary that is drawn taking into account pre-existing cultural or physical landscape

Answer 22

consequent boundary

Question 23

occurs when two or more parties disagree over the interpretation of the legal documents hat identify the boundary

Answer 23

definitional boundary dispute

Question 24

a boundary that requires relations between tow or more countries to determine how it will function, be maintained, and what goods and people are allowed to cross

Answer 24

administered boundary

Question 25

a boundary that precedes the development of the cultural landscape or the built environment

Answer 25

antecedent boundary

Question 26

a form of expansion where one country annexes territory where it has cultural or ethnic ties, from another country

Answer 26

irredentism

Question 27

a boundary that is unguarded, people can cross easily with little-to-no political intervention

Answer 27

open boundary

Question 28

a boundary defined by physical objects placed on the landscape

Answer 28

demarcated boundary

Question 29

a place located between two very different wand contentious regions

Answer 29

shatterbelt

Question 30

a boundary that has a checkpoint where passports or visas are required to cross

Answer 30

controlled boundary

Question 31

occurs when there is a disagreement over who possesses the land

Answer 31

locational boundary dispute

Question 32

territory that is part of a state, but is geographically separated from that state

Answer 32

exclave

Question 33

a boundary created while the cultural landscape and built environment are still evolving

Answer 33

subsequent boundary

Question 34

a boundary drawn on a map by a cartographer to show the limitations of physical space

Question 35

occurs when there is a disagreement over the function of the boundary especially in regard to trade, transportation, and migration

Answer 35

operational boundary dispute

Question 36

a boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing, may require extensive political intervention to cross the boundary

Answer 36

militarized boundary

Question 37

occurs when there is a disagreement over the use of resources that cross the boundary

Answer 37

allocational boundary dispute

Question 38

a boundary drawn by outside powers that may have ignored pre-existing cultural patterns

Answer 38

superimposed boundary

Question 39

a boundary established by a legal document such as a treaty

Answer 39

defined boundary

Question 40

a state or territory that is completely surrounded by another state or territroy

Answer 40

enclave

Question 41

a boundary that has been abandoned for political purposes, but evidence of it still exists in the cultural landscape

Answer 41

relic boundary

Question 42

when people have a primary allegiance to a traditional group or ethnicity, rather than a national state

Answer 42

sub nationalism

Question 43

the fragmentation of a state or region into smaller, hostile units along ethno-linguistic lines

Answer 43

balkanization

Question 44

when multiple countries form an organization with a shared goal and for the benefit of all members

Answer 44

supranantionalism

Question 45

the process of legally adding territory to a city

Answer 45

annexation

Question 46

the people of a country who are eligible to vote

Answer 46

electorate

Question 47

internal boundaries that divide a country's electorate into subnational regions

Answer 47

voting district

Question 48

the transfer of some political power from the central government to subnational levels of government

Answer 48

devolution

Question 49

advocating for full political separation, or succession, a long cultural, ethnic, tribal , or governmental lines

Answer 49

ethnic separatism

Question 50

a formal count of a country's population

Answer 50

census

Question 51

a purposeful policy designed, by one ethnic or religious group, to remove a civilian population of another ethnic or religious group through violence and/or terrorism

Answer 51

ethnic cleansing

Question 52

a company that conducts business at a global scale, resulting in the weakening of state sovereignty

Answer 52

transnational corporation

Question 53

changing the number of representatives granted to each state based on population changes

Answer 53

reapportionment

Question 54

most or all of the governing power is help by a centralized, national government

Answer 54

unitary state

Question 55

support for the political interest of a particular ethnic group within a state, especially its national independence or self-determination

Answer 55

ethnonationalism

Question 56

the transition from autocratic to a more representative form of government and politics

Answer 56

democratization

Question 57

changing the boundaries of voting districts based on the results of reapportionment

Answer 57

redistricting

Question 58

when loyalty to a distinct portion of the country is more important than loyalty to he entire country

Answer 58

regionalism

Question 59

United separate levels of governing into an overarching system, which allows each level to maintain a degree of sovereignty

Answer 59

federal state

Question 60

drawing the boundaries of political districts by the party in power to protect or increase its power

Answer 60

gerrymandering