Unit 4

Question 1

colonial powers used arbitrary reference points and drew straight lines to establish the boundries of much of Africa

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Berlin Conference

Question 2

the buying and selling of various goods in order to create profit

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capitalism

Question 3

the maximum population that an area will support workout undergoing deterioration

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carrying capacity

Question 4

the exercise of control over domains and organized for maximum economic exploitation

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colonialism

Question 5

Geographic boundary between two identifiable ethnic or ethno-linguistic cultures

Answer 5

cultural boundary

Question 6

a state with a long, narrow shape

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elongated state

Question 7

the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it

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Exclusive economic zones (EEZ)

Question 8

state in which each of the subunits is granted an independent constitutional Authority which defines its level of Power with Central State retaining greater sovereignty

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federal state

Question 9

see that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

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fragmented States

Question 10

lines drawn on a map without much interest in whatever it natural or cultural features are present

Answer 10

geometric boundary

Question 11

regions that are formed by spatial continuity and by political military cultural and economic interactions between them

Answer 11

geopolitical region

Question 12

when you play Shanette concentrates the support of one party or one group of people and one district and dilutes their support throughout a number of other districts

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gerrymandering

Question 13

Mackhinder’s theory of geopolitics that

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heartland theory

Question 14

policy,practice,or advocacy extending the power & dominants nation especially by direct territorial acquisitionsor by gaining indirect control overthe politicalor economiclife of other areas

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imperialism

Question 15

when a part of the states territorial is geographically separated by another country

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exclave

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a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea

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landlocked state

Question 17

a group of people who think of themselves as one based on shared culture and history, and who seeks some degree of political-territorial autonomy

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nation

Question 18

the ideology that maintains that members of a nation should be allowed to form their own sovereign state

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nationalism

Question 19

a politically organized area in which nation and state occupy the same space

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nation-state

Question 20

any of various units of distance used for sea and air navigation based on the length of a minute of arc of a great circle of the earth and differing because the earth is not a perfect sphere

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nautical mile

Question 21

an international organization composed of the US Canada Britain and number of European countries. the Sabbath by the northern Atlantic Treaty(1949) for purposes of collective security

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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a state that completely surrounds another one

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perforated state

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boundaries that follow an agreed-upon feature in the physical geographic landscape

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physical boundary

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an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

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prorupted state

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to revise the legislative districts of an area

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redistrict

Question 26

boundary that separates different religions

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religious boundary

Question 27

having control over a territory, politically and militarily

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sovereignty

Question 28

a politically organized territory with a permanent population, a defined territory, and a government

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state

Question 29

an entity composed of three or more states that forge an association and form an administrative structure for Mutual benefit and in pursuit of shared goals

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supranational organization

Question 30

an area in which a government has some measure of sovereignty

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territory

Question 31

a state in which nearly all of the sovereignty and power resides with the central government

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unitary state

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doctrine based revolutionary marxian socialism and Marxism-leninism thay was the office ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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communism

Question 33

a system in which good ate premed in common and are available to all as needed

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communism

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system of organization or government where the people decide policies or more local authorities

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devolution

Question 35

different voting districts that make up local state and National regions

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electoral regions

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Association of European nations promoting free trade, ease of Transportation, and cultural and political links

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European Union

Question 37

study of the impact of geographic factors on a country's political and foreign policy

Answer 37

geopolitics

Question 38

very small independent nation also called ministate

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microstate

Question 39

study of a spatial relationships that influence government policies

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political geography

Question 40

system of organization or government where all property industry and capital is owned by the community not individuals stateless nation

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socialism

Question 41

international organization that works for peace security and cooperation

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United Nations

Question 42

of or relating to centralized control an autocratic leader or hierarchy

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totalitarian

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the state whose government is a group believed to be design guided or State under the control of a group of religious leaders

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theocracy

Question 44

Play Store powerful outside on a developed landscape, usually ignores pre-existing culture cultural spatial

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superimposed boundries