Unity 34 Flashcards by Anthony Tong

Antecedent boundary

A pre-existing border usually is there because an existing natural landform exists

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Autocracy

A nation with 1 person with all the power

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Semi/autonomous region

A region with limited autonomy over its own affairs, but is still part of a country

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Berlin Conference

Relegation of Colonization

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Boundary

The invisible line that marks a country’s territorial extent

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Balkanization

A phenomenon in which countries with political/ethnic messes splits into more nations

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Centrifugal force (and examples)

Forces that split a nation apart. Includes crappy laws and braindead politicians

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Centripetal force (and examples)

Forces that help a nation become stronger. Includes freedom

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Choke point

Strategic narrow route providing passage to another region

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City state

Very tiny boi country

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The cold war (supranational organizations)

UN NATO ASEAN Warsaw Pact

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Colonialism

Hippity Hoppity your land is my land

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Compact state

State that is relatively circular in shape.

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Contiguous zone

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Democracy

A political idea that elects officials into office by votes

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DMZ

Demilitarized zone found in Korea

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Devolution

Transfer of power down to a lower level. National—> subnational

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Elongated state

Thin states that are long. Chile

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Ethnic cleansing

Extermination or forceful removal of an ethnicity

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Ethnic separatism

2 minorities fighting for independence

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Ethnonationalism

RACIAL SUPERIORITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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European Union

Political body responsible for making life easier in Europe.

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Exclave/enclave

Part of a country primarily surrounded by foreign countries

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Exclusive economic zone

Exclusive part of a sea in a country that only that country can do economic activities in

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Failed state (fragile state)

The basic responsibilities of a government don't function properly

Federal state

A state that has lower levels do stuff

Fragmented state

State with territory not connected

Frontier

Zone separating two state in which neither state has political control

Gerrymandering

Drawing political borders in such a way that votes can be swayed into a party's favor

Imperialism

Spread of a country's power via diplomacy or military strength

International water laws/zones

over 200 miles, anyone can do whatever and the state cannot do anything

Irredentism

The advocation of restoring the country's borders to "former glory"

Landlocked nation

A country with no direct ocean access.

Maritime boundary

Water claimed by a nation

Microstate

Small country

Micronation

Small "country" that hasn't been recognized by other countries

Multiethnic state

A nation with multiple ethnicities

Multinational state

A country with more than 1 nation inside its borders

Multi-state nation(Part-nation state)

Majority ethnicity in a nation

Nation

Group of people with common characteristics

Nationalism

Devotion to a nation

Nation-State

A nation where ethnicity matches with internationally recognized borders

Perforated state

A country that engulfs another country

Proupted state

A country with a funni extension

Redistricting

remaking district shapes, probably gerrymandering

self-determination

A country determines its own statehood and makes its own government and forges its own international affairs

Separitism

A region wants independence

Soverignty

Independent state

State

A country

Stateless nation

A nation without a state to call home

supranational organization/examples

International alliance. NATO is included.

terrorism:

unlawful violence used to inflict fear or push a government to do something

UNCLOS(United Nations convention for the law of the sea)

Maritime agreements

Acculturation

Assimilation of a different culture

AAVE

African-American Vernacular English

Assimilation

Adapting a culture's stuff

Creole

Pidgin but much more advanced

Cultural landscape

Cultural attributes of an area

Culture

A particular group's characteristics

Culture trait

Specific everyday traits of a culture

Dialect

A unique variation of a language

Ethnic enclave

Part of an ethnicity that is separated from the rest of itself

Etnhicty

People who share the same culture

Ethnic religion

Small religion that doesn't usually spread

Expansion diffusion

Spreads but stays strong in the hearth

Ghetto

Town where ethnicity is concentrated because the states hate the ethnicity

Hearth

The origin point of crap

Hierarchical diffusion

Most connected individuals and then everyone else gets it

Isogloss

The boundary between 2 linguistic regions

Language Branch

Split in the language family

Language family

Indo-European

Lingua franca

World language

Pidgin

Combination language

Racism

Other races are inferior

Relocation diffusion

When people move, they spread their ideas as well

Sense of place

A well-known place to someone

Stimulus diffusion

adapting something to local preference

Syncretism

blending of cultures

Taboo

Social custom restriction

Toponym

Places

Where does culture originate from

A hearth

Contrast hearth characteristics between folk and pop culture

One is widespread and takes 2 seconds to spread

Diffusion of folk culture and pop culture

Folk is by word of mouth. Pop via internet

Types of diffusion for pop/folk culture+examples

Contagious diffusion

Pop culture distribution

Places with tv and internet

Isolation and influence of the environment and its role in folk culture

Environmental spirits. Isolation means no one is there to toil around with local population

Pop culture diffuses rapidly around the world, primarily through...

The internet and tv

World's most important electronic media format is...

TV and internet

Most popular leisure activity in the world is ...

Tv and probable internet

Diffusion of internet and pace compared to tv

Blazing fast

Diffusion of social media

From Europe and USA to the whole world

Folk religion

Religion that is small and usually doesn't try to convert people

Belief/ethnic systems

Religion with no god

Universal religion

Big religion that is easy to pick up

Religion branches

Branches of a religion

Religion denominations

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body

Religion hearths

Birthplace of a religion

Religious architecture/sites

What it says on the tin

Pilgrimage

Traveling for religious freedom/purposes

Unity 34 Flashcards

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