Chapter 8

Question 0

The industrial area in England shaped like a banana

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Blue banana

Question 1

The fragmentation of a country example: Yugoslavia

Answer 1

Balkanization

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When the power is all in the state capital

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Unitary

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All power is in the states

Answer 3

Federacy

Question 4

Trying to stop a way of people from spreading

Example: communism

Answer 4

Containment

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Treaty in 1648, that begin the original nation state type of government, (pope lost power)

Answer 5

West Phalia

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Zones of separation

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Frontier

Question 7

If one country is taken by communism than other countries will follow

Answer 7

Domino theory

Question 8

Capital city built by a stage to achieve national goal

Answer 8

Forward capital

Question 9

Political unit with a permanent population territorial boundaries recognized by other states, and effective government, a working economy, and sovereignty

Answer 9

State

Question 10

Group of people who share a common culture and identify as a cohesive group

Answer 10

Nation

Question 11

State with little variation in distance from at Centerpoint to any point on it’s boundary

Answer 11

Compact state

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State with a hole punch ended by another state, like south Africa perforated by Lesotho

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Perforated state

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Internationally recognized control of a state over the people in territory within its boundaries

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Sovereignty

Question 14

Statement in UNCLOS declaring that when there is not enough water for each country on opposite sides of the sea to have 200 nautical miles of exclusive economic zone, the two or more countries involved will divide the water evenly

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The median line principle

Question 15

Phase in which a boundarys definition is drawn into a map

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Delimitation

Question 16

Process of establishing political, social, and economic dominance over a colonized area

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Imperialism

Question 17

Branch of political geography that analyzes how states behave as political and territorial systems

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Geopolitics

Question 18

Drawing of voting districts boundaries so as to unfairly favor one political party over another

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Gerrymandering

Question 19

A nation that is not dominant in any state

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Stateless nation

Question 20

A state whose territory is identical to that occupied by a nation of people

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Nationstate

Question 21

The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government

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Devolution

Question 22

A strategic straight or canal which could be close or blocked to stop sea traffic

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Choke point

Question 23

Invisible line that marks the extent of a state territory

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Boundary

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A state or territory that is small in both size and population.

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Micro state

Question 25

countries surrounded or almost surrounded by another country.

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Enclaves

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A bounded piece of territory that is part of a particular state but lies seperated from it by the territory of another state

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Exclaves

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A political boundary that has ceased to function but the imprint of which can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

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Relict boundary

Question 28

Refers to efforts by three or more states to forge associations for mutual benefit and in pursuit of shared goals.

Answer 28

Supranationalism

Question 29

lines of constant pressure. A line drawn on a weather map connecting points of equal pressure

Answer 29

Isobars

Question 30

a line on a dialect map marking the boundary between linguistic features.

Answer 30

Isogloss

Question 31

a line on a map connecting points having the same amount of rainfall in a given period.

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Isohyets

Question 32

an imaginary line or one drawn on a map connecting all points of equal depth below the surface of a body of water

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Isobath

Question 33

is the nationalist belief that a territory belonging to another country should be annexed for ethnic or historical reasons.

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Irredentism

Question 34

according to rightful entitlement or claim; by right. | synonyms:

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De jure

Question 35

in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not.

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De facto