unit 4

Question 1

state

Answer 1

country with
borders
permanent pop
government
recognition from other states
sovereignity

Question 2

sovereignity

Answer 2

the right of a government to control and defend it’s territory and determines what happens with its borders

Question 3

nation

Answer 3

group of people with a common identity through shared cultural traits such as languages, religion, ethnicity and heritage

Question 4

difference between nation and state

Answer 4

nations share a culture, states don’t
nations are cultural ethnicities, states are political

Question 5

multinational state

Answer 5

a state that contains two or more national groups and there is no single, dominant group

Question 6

nation state

Answer 6

a sovereign state where citiezens share factors like language or common descent

Question 7

stateless nation

Answer 7

an ethnic group or region that does not possess its own sovereign state. Not the majority population in any nation state

Question 8

multistate nation

Answer 8

group of people who share a common characteristics and live in mulitple states

Question 9

autonomous region

Answer 9

independent and have freedom to governm themselves. a type of administrative division within a country

Question 10

semi autonomous region

Answer 10

region within a state, has its own governing bodies and are allowed a degree of independence

Question 11

imperialism

Answer 11

creating an empire/ controlling nations by force

Question 12

colonization

Answer 12

claiming and settling territories (taking over land)

Question 13

nationalism

Answer 13

extreme pride in nation
- can be centripetal or centrifugal
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Question 14

devolution

Answer 14

breaking up of a state into smaller units or the passing of power from central government to lower

Question 15

balkanisation

Answer 15

term for breaking up into smaller states

Question 16

self-determination

Answer 16

the right of all people to govern themselves
oftentimes may result in independence movement or devolution

Question 17

territoriality

Answer 17

a connection of people to their land and the way they express or claim that connection

Question 18

political power

Answer 18

control over people, land and resources

Question 19

neocolonialism

Answer 19

using economic, political, cultural o other pressures in order to control or influence other countries

Question 20

shatter belts

Answer 20

areas where multiple nationalities taking over or trying to control the same area of land. cultural or political areas collide causing conflict

Question 21

choke points

Answer 21

a strategic strait or conal which is narrow, hard to pass through and has competition for use.

Question 22

relic border

Answer 22

border that no longer exists but still has significance EX berlin wall

Question 23

antecedent border

Answer 23

borders established before ‘major’ settlement by people in a territory

Question 24

subsequent border

Answer 24

borders drawn in areas that have already been settled by people, typically due to political political changes

Question 25

consequent border

Answer 25

type of subsequent border. redevelops borders to more closely align with existing cultural boundaries and reduce conflict

Question 26

superimposed borders

Answer 26

border drawn over existing and accepted borders by an outside force.

Question 27

geometric borders

Answer 27

borders established on straight lines (usually of latitude and longitude) not physical or cultural boundary EX many US states

Question 28

reapportionment

Answer 28

determining amount of representative seats, connected to census/amount of population change

Question 29

redistricting

Answer 29

redrawing district lines

Question 30

requirements for voting districts

Answer 30

similar population size contigous

Question 31

contigous

Answer 31

a single, unbroken state

Question 32

gerrymandering

Answer 32

redistricting to maintain the majority party's political power

Question 33

packing

Answer 33

squishing many voters of one type into a single electral district to reduce their influence in other districts

Question 34

cracking

Answer 34

spreading voters of a particular type among many districts in order to deny them a large voting bloc

Question 35

majority-minority district

Answer 35

packing minorities into certain districts

Question 36

federal government

Answer 36

EX U.S. decentralized central government power shared between central, regional and local governments

Question 37

difference between federal and subnational governments

Answer 37

subnational governments power comes from the national government EX federal can declare war subnational has sales tax

Question 38

unitary government purpose of regional units of government

Answer 38

strong, centralized government EX north Korea the purpose of regional units of government is to carry out policy, not to make their own

Question 39

1. Larger states tend to have a _________ government because ________. 2. Centrifugal forces tend to cause a government to be _______ because _____. 3. smaller, more ethnically homogeneous states tend to be _______ because __________.

Answer 39

1. larger states tend to have a federal government because there is a larger area to manage/more decisions to make. 2. centrifugal forces tend to cause a government to be federal because people have diverse opinions. 3. smaller, more ethnically homogeneous states tend to be unitary because people believe in more similar things and vote together.

Question 40

federal governments _______ conflict due to diff opinions. federal governments run faster on ______ scale. unitary governments run faster on _____ scale. unitary governments deal with ______ corruption. unitary governments most easily serve _____ culture.

Answer 40

federal governments reduce conflict federal governments run faster on local scale unitary governments run faster on national scale unitary governments deal with more corruption unitary governments most easily serve the dominant culture

Question 41

boundaries

Answer 41

-- on land and in water -- an expression of political power and territoriality -- used to establish sovereignty -- subject to change and conflict

Question 42

defined boundary

Answer 42

define borders through agreements and treaties

Question 43

delimited boundary

Answer 43

identifying the location of the defined boundary on a map

Question 44

demarcated boundary

Answer 44

visible marking of the landscape with objects such as fences or signs

Question 45

administered boundary

Answer 45

legal management of the border through laws, immigration regulation, documentation, and prosecution.

Question 46

boundary disputes definitional

Answer 46

conflicts over the interpretation of documents defining a boundary or the way it is shown on the ground

Question 47

locational boundary conflicts

Answer 47

conflicts between states or regions over the ownership of a given area

Question 48

operational boundary conflicts

Answer 48

conflicts over the national policies applied at a border

Question 49

allocational boundary conflicts

Answer 49

conflicts over the use of resources created or complicated by a boundary